St. Patrick’s Day traditions in the United States run deep. We eat corned beef and cabbage, we drink green beer, and we shame our co-workers into wearing green sweaters to the office. If you’re looking for a change of pace this year (except for the sweaters, which are mandatory), maybe a menu swap is in order.
The Culinary Institute of America’s recipe for Bangers and Mash is a rustic, hearty dish that will easily earn its place among your holiday traditions. Creamy potatoes, homemade gravy, and sausage are classic comfort foods on the Emerald Isle, and this recipe helps you make every component from scratch.
You may be skeptical, but homemade sausage is incredibly easy to prepare. If you’ve ever made a meatloaf or meatball, you’ve basically made sausage.
The recipes we’ve included here call for the sausages to be stuffed into casings, which you can buy from your butcher, or even on the internet. You can use a sausage-stuffing machine or stand-mixer attachment to fill the casings or, if you don’t mind a little hard work, you can even stuff the sausages by hand.