HEAVEN AND EARTH HOT DOGS

Aspell in Germany left Rhiannon with a soft spot for the country’s culinary treasures, among them Himmel und Erde – ‘Heaven and Earth’ – a simple dish of mashed potato and apple that is often served with sausages. Here, it’s reimagined as jacket potato hot dogs, topped with apple-flecked onions.

COOKING TIME: 1 HOUR, 10 MINS YOU WILL NEED: † 4 baking potatoes † 1 tbsp honey † 1 tsp wholegrain mustard † ½ tsp apple cider vinegar † 4 pork sausages † Butter † 2 onions † 1 apple † 1 tbsp thyme leaves

† 200g watercress

HOW TO:

1

Heat the oven to 180°C. Prick, oil and salt four baking potatoes and cook them in the oven for an hour.

2

Meanwhile, mix together 1 tbsp honey, 1 tsp wholegrain mustard and ½ tsp apple cider vinegar, then pour over four pork sausages in a roasting tin.

3

Roll the sausages to coat them in the glaze, then cook in the oven, beneath the potatoes, for 20 to 25 minutes, turning and basting them every so often.

4

Melt a large knob of butter in a frying pan, toss in two thinly sliced onions and cook for 15 minutes over a low-medium heat, stirring regularly.

5

Add in a grated apple and cook for another five minutes, then season with salt, black pepper and 1 tbsp thyme leaves. Slice the potatoes lengthways down the middle, slot a sausage in each one and top them with the caramelized onion mix.

6

Serve with 200g watercress, wilted in a pan with butter, salt and pepper.

TIP: It’s worth making double the sweet, caramelized onions – you can then use any spare to turn basic cheese on toast into an appley Welsh rarebit, or add in chopped thyme or sage to make delicious posh cheese toasties.