BWI (Baked-While-Intoxicated) Sausages

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 4  large potatoes, peeled and chopped
• 12  big  fat  sausage links
• 2  large onions, peeled and cut into chunks
•  ale or  stout beer (NOT beer!)
•  sugar (if desired to balance the ale if it tastes bitter)
•  cornflour or   bisto, to thicken the gravy

Directions

1. Put the sausages and the onion chunks in an oven-proof dish or casserole.
2. Pour in just enough ale to barely cover the sausages.
3. Bake at 375° to 400° Fahrenheit for 45 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, cook and mash the potatoes – set aside and keep warm.
5. Remove the sausages from the baking dish and taste the liquid.
6. Add sugar if desired, season to taste, and thicken to make a gravy of the desired consistency with cornflour or Bisto.
7. Serve the sausages and potatoes on warm plates – pour gobs of gravy over both.