BEEF AND ONION PIE

Preparation time: 30 mins      Cooking time: 1 hour

INGREDIENTS:      Serves 3

Olive oil, for cooking
2  onions, chopped
2g  thyme, chopped
Salt and pepper, to taste
1  tsp  flour
600g  beef cocktail sausages
250ml  non-alcoholic red wine
125ml  beef stock
2  tbsp  grainy mustard
1  tsp  Dijon mustard
500g  potatoes, boiled, mashed
2  tbsp butter
125ml  milk

Method:

• Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a saucepan and saute the cocktail sausages until brown. Remove sausages. Set aside.
• In the same pan, heat more oil. Then add onions, thyme, salt and pepper. Fry gently. Add flour. Cook for a minute, then add non-alcoholic wine, beef stock, and mustards. Cook for 10 minutes until thickened.
• Take saucepan off heat and fold in the browned sausages. pour into a baking dish. Add butter and milk to mashed potatoes. Spoon potato mixture over the sausages. Bake for 15 minutes at 200C in an ovenproof dish. Remove from oven and serve immediately.