Granny’s Cook book.

Sausage bake

Monkey pie (sausage pie, with no pastry)

Monkey pie is what my mother called it, because it usually appealed to children and was quick to make if you had a house full of children and they got hungry this was a go to for her, my cousins were always coming around to visit and seemed to be perpetually starving. It’s tasty and good enough to go with a salad or on its own, best eaten warm, but at a pinch could be eaten cold, it depends on you.

I used about 2lbs of sausages, skinned you could use sausage meat instead, same thing without the tedious peeling. But if your short of sausages you could soak some bread in milk and mix that in to fill out the pie a bit more. The size of pie you make is up to you I’ve always found it to be economical and a good meal stretcher.

2lb sausages, skinned or sausage meat

1/2 an onion, I used a red one because it’s what I had in the fridge 2 large tomatoes chopped into small cubes

1 egg beaten

Approx. 4 potatoes cut into slices, (maybe more depends on size of your pie) A little cheese to grate over the top of your pie salt and pepper

1/2 teaspoon of mixed herbs (optional, granny doesn’t like them, so I didn’t put these in).

Method

Put sausage meat, chopped tomatoes and chopped onion into a large bowl, (if using mixed herbs add now, like I said they are optional).

Mix together and make sure fully combined.

Push sausage meat mix into a baking tin or casserole dish of your choice, even out the top. Leave enough room for the layer of potatoes. Start layering your sliced potatoes around the top and completely cover the sausage meat.

Next pour your beaten egg over the top of the potatoes, add the grated cheese and a sprinkle of salt and pepper.

Pop into the oven at 350F until the potatoes are starting to go a golden brown and the cheese is all melted.

Would be nice for supper after a day out, quick easy and comes hot, goes ok with a salad, fries, even potato salad or just crusty bread. Keeps ok for a day or so in the fridge, if you can stop the kids eating it, there’s never any of this left either when I make it. I suppose that’s a good thing, no waste.