Cowboy Pie {Mash-Topped Sausage & Beans}

Cowboy Pie straight out of the oven. Sausage and beans topped with mash.

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Cowboy Pie {Mash-Topped Sausage & Beans}

Sausages in a pie with beans and topped with cheesy, buttery mashed potato. Hello old school dinner classic! This Cowboy Pie is a hearty feast that’s so simple and will be a massive hit with kids (and adults).

Prep Time10

Cook Time50

Total Time1

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Family Food

Servings:

Author: Sarah Rossi

Ingredients

1 tbsp Olive oil
454 g Pork sausages
1 Onion Peeled and chopped into large chunks
3 Peppers Deseeded and chopped into large chunks
2x Tins of Baked beans
400 g Tinned tomatoes
4 tbsp BBQ sauce
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper

For the mash:

1 kg Potatoes
2 tbsp Butter
4 tbsp Milk
Salt and pepper
50 g Cheese

Instructions

Preheat the oven if finishing the pie in the oven (see optional last step).
Put the potatoes on to boil in salted water.
While they are boiling heat oil in a large, deep frying pan. Add the sausages and cook for 10 minutes, turning regularly.
Cut the sausages into thirds (I use scissors) and add the onions and peppers. Cook for a further 7-10 minutes until the peppers have started to soften and the sausages are golden.
Add the beans, tomatoes, BBQ sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes.
Drain the potatoes and add the butter, milk, cheese and salt and pepper, and mash until smooth and fluffy.
Add the sausage mix to an oven dish and top with the mash and cheese.

Either:

Put in the oven on 180C for 25 minutes. (You'll need to heat this way if you've made the pie in advance and it has cooled down.)
Put under a hot grill for 5 minutes until the top is golden.

Notes

Sausages: I like to use good quality pork sausages, but use whichever are your favourites

Onion and peppers: You can cheat and use frozen pre-chopped or use fresh

Potatoes: Something good for mashed potatoes like Maris Pipers or King Edwards is best

Vegetarian or gluten-free: Add veggie sausages instead. You can also make this a gluten-free meal too by using gluten-free sausages. Just be careful with the BBQ sauce you use or make your own

Veggies: You can either leave them out or swap them with your preference. Peas or carrots work really well too, the carrots will take a little longer to cook in the pan or you could pre-boil them

Batch cook: Make a big batch and freeze half of it for another day. Prepare up until the end of point 7 and then freeze, covered, before melting the cheese on top.

When you want to eat it, allow it to defrost fully and then pop into the oven until hot through.

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