Make this traditional Irish dish anytime of the year. It has meat, potatoes and veggies all in one delicious dish.
1 lb.pork sausage links
Italian mild sausage links
1/2 lb. smoked bacon, cubed
2 onions, thinly sliced
3 carrots, chopped
4 large potatoes, washed, peeled and sliced
salt, to taste
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 t. dried parsley
1 c. beef or chicken stock/broth
1 1/2 c. Irish stout beer (such as Guinness)
1/2 c. heavy cream or whole milk
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Place the sausages and bacon in a large skillet over medium heat; cook until sausages are browned on both sides, about 10 minutes. Cut sausages into large chunks; set sausages and bacon aside.
Layer 1/3 of the onions in a 9 x 13 inch baking dish, followed by a layer of 1/3 of the carrots and sliced potatoes. Arrange 1/3 of sausage and bacon in a layer over the potatoes; sprinkle with salt, pepper, and parsley.
Repeat layers two more times.
Warm the beef stock/broth in a saucepan over medium heat; pour in the stout beer and cream.
Pour the sauce over the casserole; let sauce fill in the spaces in the layers.
Bake 1 1/2 hours or until the potatoes and vegetables are tender.
Yield: 8 servings