Outlander: Bangers and Mash recipe
“Mm, sausage for supper?” he said approvingly, sniffing at my hair, which smelled of kitchen smoke. “Good, I’m fair starved.”
“Bangers and mash,” I said. “Where have you been?”
He laughed, shaking out his plaid to get the blown snow off. “Bangers and mash? That’s food, is it?”
“Sausages with mashed potatoes,” I translated, “A nice traditional English dish, hitherto unknown in the benighted reaches of Scotland. Now, you bloody Scot, where in hell have you been for the last two days? Jenny and I were worried!”
DRAGONFLY IN AMBER, DIANA GABALDON
Outlander: Bangers and Mash
Outlander: Bangers and Mash recipe inspired by the hit book and televisions show series, Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 banger sausages
Mash Potatoes
- 2 large russet potatoes peeled and cleaned
- 1/2 - 3/4 cup milk as needed
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- salt and pepper to taste
Onion Gravy
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 large yellow onion halved and thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Mash Potatoes
- Dice the peeled potatoes into large equal size pieces and place it into a large pot of cold salted water. Place the pot over high heat and bring to a boil. Cook until a knife can easily pierce the potatoes. Drain the potatoes and place it into a mixing bowl.
- Heat the milk and butter in a saucepan until hot. Meanwhile, mash the potatoes to desired texture. Mix in the hot milk and butter mixture. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside in a warm area.
Onion Gravy
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Once melted, add the sliced onions and cook for 8 minutes until onions are soft. Reduce the heat to low and cook for another 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle the flour over the onions and stir to combine. Cook on medium heat for 3 minutes.
- Whisk in the stock and bring to a simmer. Add the Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. Simmer until it thickens. Taste for salt and pepper.
Bangers
- Heat a cast iron pan over medium heat. Add the oil and once hot, cook the sausages on both sides until golden brown and cooked through. This should take around 15 minutes.
- Serve the bangers on top of the mash potatoes and gravy.
