Bacon Bangers and Mash
Bacon Bangers and Mash is a strong-selling, oven-ready butcher’s line built around familiar flavours and clear value. It offers customers a comforting classic while giving butchers a reliable product that looks impressive in the tray and performs well in the oven.
This dish starts with quality chipolata sausages, each tightly wrapped in streaky bacon. The bacon delivers visual impact at point of sale and adds flavour during cooking. As it cooks, the fat renders into the sausages, keeping them juicy while creating a crisp, golden finish. Customers immediately recognise this as a proper, indulgent meal.
The sausages sit on a generous layer of smooth mashed potato. This creates structure in the tray and helps speed up preparation in the shop. Underneath the mash, Verstegen Hachee Sauce adds depth and richness. The sauce brings slow-cooked gravy notes that elevate the dish and give it a true homemade feel. It also keeps the finished meal moist and satisfying once cooked.
Seasoning plays a key role but never overpowers. Verstegen Basic Seasalt & Lampong World Grill, an oil-based grill seasoning, enhances the meat and bacon while keeping flavours balanced. A light finish of Verstegen Decoration Espagnol adds colour and contrast, helping the product stand out in the counter. Fresh thyme reinforces the traditional message and adds a clean, aromatic note.
From a sales perspective, Bacon Bangers and Mash fits perfectly into tray-bake ranges and meal solutions. It suits midweek dinners, weekend comfort food, and meal deals. Preparation remains quick and consistent, even at scale. Most importantly, the dish delivers trust, familiarity, and quality. With Verstegen products at its core, it gives butchers a dependable line that sells on appearance and delivers on taste.
Method
Put the sauce in a foil tray, top the sauce with the pre-made mashed potato.
Wrap each chipolata with ½ a rasher of streaky bacon and place on top of the mashed potato.
Garnish with Verstegen Decoration Espagnol and thyme.
Cook in the oven at 160°c until the chipolata is brown and cooked through.
Ingredients
4 Chipolata Sausages
2 Rashers of Streaky Bacon
250g Verstegen Hachee Sauce
Verstegen Basic Seasalt & Lampong World Grill Pure
Verstegen Decoration Espagnol
Ready-made Mashed Potato
Fresh Thyme