Sausage and Mashed Potato Casserole

A spectacular and satisfying dish made from your favorite products! This casserole of mashed potatoes with sausages and gravy in the oven is an original way to serve an ordinary dish in an unusual and bright way. It is prepared quickly and easily, and its appearance is so festive that you wouldn’t be ashamed to serve it to your guests!
cook time: 1h 30 min
Miles Denholm
Sausage and Mashed Potato Casserole

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

150
Calories
10g
Fat
10g
Carbs
7g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

For the casserole:

Ground black pepper to taste
Mozzarella 200 g
Salt to taste
Butter 20 g
Potato 1 kg
Greenery 40 g
Chicken eggs 6 pc
Sausages 6 pc

For the Bechamel sauce:

Salt to taste
Wheat flour 2 tbsp
Butter 60 g
Milk 500 ml

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make mashed potatoes with sausages? Prepare the necessary ingredients. To make the flower on the casserole look beautiful, choose the right eggs and sausages. Choose fresher eggs (they have more uniform whites) and the smallest size (C2). Take thin and long sausages (length 14-16 cm). Wash and peel the potatoes well. If you have large tubers, cut them into small pieces. Fill with cold water and place over medium heat.

Step 2

Step 2
While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the Béchamel sauce. Heat the milk until hot. Then melt the butter in a saucepan or small frying pan over low heat, stirring constantly with a spatula. It is better to use cookware with a non-stick coating.

Step 3

Step 3
Add flour to the butter and rub until smooth. You need to stir constantly.

Step 4

Step 4
Gradually add milk literally one or two spoons at a time, immediately scooping it up with a spatula and rubbing it into the sauce.

Step 5

Step 5
Add all the milk and bring to a boil. Salt the sauce to your taste and remove from heat. Our sauce should be liquid. Even if you find it too liquid, donʼt worry. The Bechamel sauce will thicken a little as it cools. To prevent a skin from forming, cover the sauce tightly with cling film. But you don’t have to do this, since the presence of film is not essential for this dish. I did not cover the sauce, but stirred it with a whisk before using it in step 10.

Step 6

Step 6
Cook the potatoes for 25 minutes after boiling. When the potatoes are ready, drain all the water from them.

Step 7

Step 7
Add butter and mash the potatoes using a potato masher. Salt and pepper to taste.

Step 8

Step 8
How to serve sausages and mash beautifully? Of course, make this casserole! Take a rectangular baking dish measuring approximately 30x20 cm. If necessary, grease it with oil. Place mashed potatoes on it and spread evenly over the bottom using a spoon or spatula.

Step 9

Step 9
Divide the mold into 6 equal squares. Along the dividing lines, using a table knife or, like me, the handle of a spoon, make indentations of about 1 cm. Make the width of these lines 1.5-2 cm, the main thing is that the same squares of mashed potatoes remain.

Step 10

Step 10
How to make gravy for sausage mashed potatoes? Grate the mozzarella on a coarse grater. Rinse the greens thoroughly and dry. Select sprigs to decorate the casserole as flower stems. Remove hard stems from about half of the greens and chop with a knife.

Step 11

Step 11
Add chopped herbs to the sauce and stir until smooth.

Step 12

Step 12
Remove sausages from packaging. Make transverse cuts on one to approximately the middle of the sausage. Connect the ends together using a toothpick. If you donʼt cut the sausage deep enough, it may break at this point when twisting. Therefore, do everything carefully so as not to spoil the sausages. Try the resulting blank onto a square of mashed potatoes. If the sausage fits easily, do the same with all 6 sausages.

Step 13

Step 13
Fill the holes in the mashed potatoes with sauce.

Step 14

Step 14
Place the mozzarella on the middle squares first and the sausage on top. Place the cheese and sausage lightly without pressing. This is necessary so that the egg white spreads evenly and mixes with the cheese without covering the sausage. Carefully cut off the visible edges of the toothpick using scissors or tongs.

Step 15

Step 15
Perform the last step very carefully. Wash the eggs and wipe with a dry towel. Carefully, so that the yolk remains intact, break the egg and slowly transfer it inside the sausage. In this case, most of the protein should flow out from below. Bake on the middle shelf of an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 25-30 minutes.

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