Best Lancashire Cheese Sausages With Onion Gravy Recipes

BANGERS & MASH (SAUSAGE WITH ONION GRAVY)

Steps:

• Cook sausages: Heat oil in a large skillet / fry pan over medium high heat. Add sausages and cook, turning, until browned as much as possible all over and cooked through. Cook time will differ depending on sausage size - mine take around 8 minutes.
• Remove sausages onto a plate. Turn heat down to medium.
• 2 tbsp oil remaining: You need around 2 tbsp oil left in the skillet. If you have much less, add a bit of butter or oil.
• Saute onion and garlic: Add onion and garlic, cook until golden brown - around 4 minutes.
• Cook off flour 2 minutes: Add flour and mix through. Then cook, stirring constantly for 2 minutes.
• Gradually add beef stock: Add about 3/4 cup of beef broth and mix into the onion so it becomes a sludge. Then add remaining beef broth and mix until combined. If it's lumpy, use a whisk to help make it smooth.
• Thicken gravy: Simmer, stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes until the gravy thickens but is slightly thinner than you want - it will thicken more as you serve it.
• Season: Add salt and pepper. Stir, taste, then add more salt if you want.
• Serve sausages with plenty of gravy, with mashed potato and peas on the side. (Low carb option - Creamy Cauliflower Mash)

LANCASHIRE CHEESE SAUSAGES WITH ONION GRAVY

Steps:

• Place all the sausage ingredients except the oil in a large bowl, season well, and mix it all up with your hands. When you taste it, overseason it by about 15 per cent, so it's a bit more salty and peppery than you'd normally have - the mixture loses some of its power as it chills and cooks. Chill the mixture for two hours.
• Meanwhile, make the gravy. Heat a little oil in a pan and fry the onions, garlic and sugar over a low heat until golden. Sprinkle on the flour and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add the gravy browning and stock and bring to the boil. Season, then simmer for at least 20 minutes.
• Mould the chilled sausage mix into sausage shapes - you should get about twelve decent bangers out of it, depending how big you like your sausage.
• You can either shallow-fry the sausages in a little oil or deep-fry them in a lot of oil; I think the deep-fry method brings the best out of the flavour and texture. Fry them for about five minutes until golden, then drain well on some kitchen paper and serve with the gravy.
• This fabulous grub is great with mashed potato (try it with the addition of wholegrain mustard), with a salad or in a bun smothered in ketchup, onions and mustard and served with chips.

PAN HAGGERTY POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes, cut into very thin slices, rinse under cold water and then pat dry with paper kitchen towel.
• Over a medium-low heat, heat the oil in a non-stick pan which has a lid and which will fit under the grill.
• Add a third of the potatoes and spread in a single layer, then season to taste.
• Add half the onions, half the garlic, half the thyme and spread evenly. Top with one third of the cheese. Then layer the remaining potatoes, onions, garlic and thyme, finishing with a layer of potatoes.
• Cover the pan, cook over a medium heat for 30 minutes or until the base is golden brown, and the potatoes onion and garlic are tender.
• Preheat the grill to medium, top the potatoes with the remaining cheese, place the pan under the grill and grill until the cheese melts and the topping is golden. Garnish with parsley and serve hot.
• Serve as a heart main dish with a salad and steamed vegetables or as a side-dish with grilled chops or kebabs and a salad. If served as a side dish, it would probably serve 5-6.

TRUE BANGERS AND MASH WITH ONION GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C).
• Cook the sausage links in a skillet over medium-low heat until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes per side; transfer to an oven-safe dish and move to the preheated oven to keep warm.
• Place potatoes into a saucepan over medium heat, cover with water, and boil gently until potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two. Mix in 1/4 cup of butter, milk, dry mustard, salt, and black pepper; mash until fluffy and smooth. Set aside.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium-high heat; cook the onions until translucent and just starting to brown, about 8 minutes. Pour in the beef broth and red wine; boil the mixture down to about half its volume, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper. To serve, place a sausage onto a serving plate with about 1/2 cup of mashed potatoes. Pour the onion gravy over the sausage and potatoes.

STICKY ONION MARMALADE SAUSAGES

Steps:

• Brown sausages in a pan then drain and put to one side but keeping warm.
• Melt butter in a pan, then add the onions, spring onions/green onions, and garlic.
• Cook over high heat, stirring, for 10 minutes, until onions are soft.
• Add the red wine and vinegar, and cook for 5 to 10 minutes, until liquid is almost evaporated.
• Add the sausages to the onion marmalade in the pan and coat thoroughly then remove from pan and serve.