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Preheat oven to gas 6 / 200C / 400F
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Put a good splash of oil and a knob of butter into a saucepan and heat on medium.
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Squash the garlic and when the butter melts add it to the pan with the thyme leaves
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When the pan starts to sizzle add all of the onions with a pinch of salt and stir around to coat in the flavoured oil
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Turn heat to low and put a lid on the pan.
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Leave them to cook for 15 minutes, stir occasionally
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Meanwhile, put the potatoes in a large pan of salted cold water and let come to the boil, then turn down to a gentle simmer
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Also put a small roasting tin on the stove top.
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Add a splash of oil then put the sausages in.
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Brown them on all sides
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Remove the sausages and put the onions in an even layer on the bottom of the tin, then put the sausages back on top
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Put in the oven for 25 minutes and when your potatoes are done, start the mash
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Drain the potatoes and add into the pan the other knob of butter, milk, cream, mustard and season to taste.
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You may like more mustard.
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I make this quite mild so the kids won't say it's yucky lol
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When the sausages and onions are done remove the sausages from the roasting tin but keep them warm in a low oven while you make the gravy
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Put the roasting tin with the onions in back on the stove top.
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Pour off any excess fat.
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Add the flour to the onions and stir in
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Add the stock then over a high heat let the gravy thicken.
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Scrape the good sticky bits from the bottom of the tin in, these hold all the flavour.
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Reduce down until you have a nice thick gravy
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Serve with the sausages on top of a layer of mash with the gravy poured over and seasonal veg
