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Dinner and dancing.

FEED YOUR FAMILY FOR: Fancy Bangers and Mash

I've cooked this dish several times before and even served it to my friends at schoolies last year.
It is a bangers and mash with poached pear slices and "caramelised" carrots and onions. It's essentially a classic prole dish like ratatouille but revitalised by the sweetness of the caramel sauce which also challenges bland british cooking.
Quick, easy and cheap enjoy!

Ingredients:

• Sausages
• Potatoes (any kind)
• Onions
• Carrots
• Pears (not nashi)
• Brown Sugar
• Cream/ Milk (for the mash)

Method:

1. Peel, wash and boil potatoes in a pot. if you are in a rush its good to cut them into smaller chunks as they soften faster. (or if you are not fussed you can even microwave them in microwave tupperware with a bit of water. however from experience this should only be the last resort)
2. Chop up onions into half moons and carrots and pears into wedges. (dont forget to peel them!) and pop into a pot of boiling water until soft along with 1, 2 sticks of cinammon and a couple of star anise.
3. At the same time start frying the sausages
4. Take out potatoes and mash them stirring in milk/ cream and salt to taste.
5. Heat up a pan and melt brown sugar over low fire until it becomes a caramel
6. Strain the onions, carrots and pears and plate with bangers and mash.
7. Pour caramel sauce over the OCP and serve hot.

*note: i know its not REALLY caramelisation!!!