This bangers and apple mash recipe gives a lovely twist to one of our favourite suppers.
Adding apple to the mashed potatoes really livens up the flavour, and makes it an even better match for the pork. Plus it counts towards another portion of your five-a-day fruit and veg, and the more you get of those, the better. Serve with fresh greens like broccoli or French beans and watch it disappear in minutes. This is a lovely cheap and cheerful meal. Even if you go for quite fancy sausages, it still won't break the budget - it's one of our best cheap family meals.
Ingredients
- 8 pork sausages
- 700g potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 3 (650g) dessert apples
- 15g butter
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 onion, sliced
- 4 tbsp instant gravy mix
- Salt and pepper, to season
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Method
- Cook the sausages to your liking (we find it's easiest to grill them).
- Meanwhile, place the potatoes in a large pan with just enough water to cover and season with salt. Bring to the boil, and then simmer for 10 mins.
- Peel and quarter 2 of the apples and add to the potatoes, simmer for 5 mins or until both are tender. Drain, reserving 1pt of the cooking liquid and mash with the butter. Season to taste.
- Heat the oil in a medium pan, add the onion and sauté for 5 mins or until golden.
- Quarter, core and grate the remaining apple add to the onions and sauté for a further 6-8 mins or until tender and golden. Add the reserved cooking liquid and gravy mix and stir well until the gravy thickens. Serve the mash and gravy alongside the bangers.
Top tip for making bangers and apple mash
Swirl a little wholegrain mustard into the mash as well for extra zing.
What is a dessert apple?
Otherwise known as an 'eating apple', these are apples that are normally eaten raw and have a sweeter flavour. Common varieties include Cox's Orange Pippin, Golden Delicious, Granny Smiths, Braeburn, Gala, Jazz and Pink Lady. Cooking apples (usually Bramley apples) are tarter, and hold their shape better when cooked in pies and crumbles. Of course, with mash, there is no need for them to hold their shape.
Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 12 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies.
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