Recipe- Healthy And Delicious Sausage Bake With Potato And Gravy

Cooking sausages in the oven with vegetables is a quick dinner you can throw together in mere minutes. The bonus is that this Sausage Bake comes with gravy, and it’s all made in one pan! Bonus: the gravy gets an extra flavour boost from all the sausage and vegetable drippings. This sausage recipe is a game changer!
The sausages will actually be cooked through at 30 minutes or so, but they won’t be nicely browned. Browning = flavour, and sausages are meant to be browned! Because sausages are enclosed in casing, they don’t dry out with a slightly longer cook time.

Ingredients

Vegetables

700g / 1.4 lb baby potatoes , halved
3 carrots , peeled and cut into 2"/5cm pieces
2 red onions , each cut into 8 wedges
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp dried oregano
Salt and pepper

Sausage

8 - 10 sausages (500-700g / 1-1.4lb) (Note 2)
Oil spray (optional)

Gravy

2 tbsp / 30g melted butter, unsalted
2 1/2 tbsp flour (plain / all purpose)
2 cups / 500 ml beef broth (or chicken) (Note 3)
Fresh thyme , for garnish (optional)

Method

* Preheat oven to 200C/390F (standard) or 180C/350F (fan / convection).

* Place Vegetable ingredients in a large bowl. Toss well to coat.

* Add sausages and toss briefly.

* Transfer into roasting pan. Pan should be of a size so the vegetables are stacked about 2 deep - see photos and video.
* Rearrange sausages so they are on top.

Gravy

* In the same bowl used for the vegetables, add butter and flour. Whisk.

* Add a bit of beef broth and whisk, then whisk in remaining broth. (Don't worry if you end up with some floating butter bits)

* Pour down the side of the pan (don't pour over the sausages or veggies).

* Optional: Spray sausages with oil - browns slightly better (especially lean sausages).

Baking

* Bake 25 minutes. Turn sausages. Spray again with oil (optional) then bake for a further 25 minutes or until sausages are browned and potatoes are soft.

* Serve Sausages and Vegetables with Gravy on top, garnished with fresh thyme leaves if desired.