Potato hash with Italian sausage and good cheese

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If you have leftover potatoes from last night's dinner this is an ideal lunch

Potato hash with Italian sausage and good cheese

SERVES

4

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

10

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

20

MINUTES

CUISINE

COURSE

Main

Method

  1. Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water until tender but definitely not overdone. Drain and leave aside. Slice the sausage into rounds or chunks depending on your particular preference.

  2. Pan fry the sausage for 5 minutes, they should release their own fats or oils, add the pine nuts, cooking for a further 2-3 minutes. 

  3. Add the potatoes and red onion to the pan cooking until the red onion softens and the potatoes begin to stick to the pan. 

  4. Peel the cheese into the pan in slivers with a peeler. Move the ingredients around the pan for a further few minutes until the cheese is nice and melted. Scatter over the parsley and serve.

Ingredients

  • 600g waxy potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks

  • 1 red onion, thinly sliced 

  • 1 medium Italian sausage (fennel & chilli) or Chorizo 

  • handful of parsley leaves, chopped 

  • small handful of pine nuts 

  • 150g hard sheep’s' cheese like Cais na Tire 

  • 50g butter 

  • olive oil 

  • sea salt

  • black pepper 

Method

  1. Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water until tender but definitely not overdone. Drain and leave aside. Slice the sausage into rounds or chunks depending on your particular preference.

  2. Pan fry the sausage for 5 minutes, they should release their own fats or oils, add the pine nuts, cooking for a further 2-3 minutes. 

  3. Add the potatoes and red onion to the pan cooking until the red onion softens and the potatoes begin to stick to the pan. 

  4. Peel the cheese into the pan in slivers with a peeler. Move the ingredients around the pan for a further few minutes until the cheese is nice and melted. Scatter over the parsley and serve.

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