Name: Sausages and sweet potato mash
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 500g potato cut into chunks; 500g sweet potato cut into chunks; 2 tbsp olive oil or a knob of butter; grated nutmeg to taste (optional); 6 large sausages; 1 tsp West Indian hot pepper sauce; juice ½ small lime; 1 tbsp soft brown sugar; 2 tsp thyme leaf; 2 garlic cloves very finely chopped; 1 tbsp tomato purée; salad or green beans or peas, to serve

For the mash

500g potato
cut into chunks
500g sweet potato
cut into chunks
2 tbsp olive oil
or a knob of butter
grated nutmeg
to taste (optional)

For the sausages

6 large sausages
1 tsp West Indian hot pepper sauce
juice ½ small lime
1 tbsp soft brown sugar
2 tsp thyme leaf
2 garlic cloves
very finely chopped
1 tbsp tomato purée
salad
or green beans or peas, to serve

Method

step 1
Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Put the potatoes in a pan of salted water and boil for about 20 mins until soft.
step 2
Meanwhile, tip the sausages onto a small baking sheet and bake for 10 mins. While they are cooking, mix the pepper sauce with the lime juice, sugar, thyme, garlic and tomato purée, and stir with 1 tbsp water. When the sausages have had 10-15 mins, brush over the spicy mix and bake for 10 mins more.
step 3
Drain the potatoes and mash with oil or butter, and nutmeg to taste, if you like. Serve with salad, or green beans or peas.