Sausage Bake with Potatoes and Gravy

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

Sausages

• 500 - 700 g / 1 - 1.4 lb sausages (your choice, I use 8 thick pork sausages)
• Oil spray (optional)

Gravy

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

Instructions

• heat up kitchen appliance to 200C/390F (standard) or 180C/350F (fan / convection).

• Place Vegetable ingredients in an exceedingly massive bowl. Toss well to coat.

• Add sausages and toss shortly.

• Transfer into preparation pan. Pan ought to be of a size that the vegetables area unit stacked concerning two deep - see photos and video. set up sausages in order that they area unit on high.

Gravy

• within the same bowl used for the vegetables, add butter and flour. Whisk.

• Add a small amount of beef stock and whisk, then whisk in remaining broth. (Don't worry if you finish up with some floating butter bits)

• pop the aspect of the pan (don't pour over the sausages or veggies).

• Optional: Spray sausages with oil - browns slightly higher (especially lean sausages).

Baking

• Bake twenty five minutes. flip sausages. Spray once more with oil (optional) then bake for an extra twenty five minutes or till sausages area unit bronzed and potatoes area unit soft.

• Serve Sausages and Vegetables with Gravy on high, fancy with recent thyme leaves if desired. (See notes for Gravy thickness adjustment)