SHOPPING LIST: Mummy Sausages in Puff Pastry with Mash, Peas and Onion Gravy (4 portions)
Meal Plan Occasions 1, Halloween main (serves 4, pork)

[ ] 8 good-quality pork sausages
[ ] 1 sheet ready-rolled puff pastry (about 320 g), chilled
[ ] 1 egg, beaten, to glaze
[ ] mustard, for the eyes (you need 2 tsp)
[ ] 1 kg floury potatoes (such as Maris Piper), peeled and cut into chunks
[ ] 50 g butter
[ ] 100 ml milk
[ ] 2 onions, thinly sliced
[ ] olive oil, for the gravy (you need 1 tbsp)
[ ] 1 tbsp plain flour, for the gravy
[ ] beef stock cube (you need 1 cube)
[ ] 1 tsp brown sugar, for the gravy
[ ] 300 g frozen peas (the "slime")

Cupboard check: mustard, for the eyes, olive oil, for the gravy, beef stock cube are probably already at home.
Puff pastry: ready-rolled chilled pastry is easiest. Keep it cold until you use it.
Make ahead: wrap the sausages up to 24 hours before baking.