A meal for cooler evenings, using good sausages served with mashed potatoes.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons oil
• 3 large onions, peeled and coarsely sliced
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed, peeled and finely chopped
• ½ cup mediium/dry sherry
• ½ raisins
• ½ cup chicken stock
• ½ cup cream
• ½ teaspoon cornflour
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme or use 2 teaspoons dried
• 1 teaspoon mustard (Dijon or French)
• 4 large white veal sausages

Method

1. Heat oil in a large frying pan, add onions and garlic and cook over a gentle heat for 5 minutes until the onions have softened.
2. Add the sherry and cover. Simmer 10 minutes. Add raisins, stock, cream (blended with the cornflour), thyme and mustard. Simmer 2 minutes. Set aside.
3. Grill the sausages or pan fry in a smidgen of oil until golden. Serve on top of the raisin sauce with mashed potatoes.