Ingredients
Equipment
Method
Prepare the baked potatoes
- Preheat oven to 425 F
 - Begin by thoroughly washing the 4 large potatoes
 - Using a fork, pierce the skin of the potatoes about 4 or 5 times to create small holes**don't skip this step! Poking holes in your potatoes allows the potatoes to release steam while baking, preventing potatoes from bursting during the cooking process

 - Brush olive oil on the potatoes so that they are totally covered

 - Place oiled potatoes in tin foil, wrap, place on a baking tray

 - Place potatoes in a preheated oven. Bake for one hour.
 - **while potatoes are baking, move onto the rest of the recipe
 
Prepare the bangers (vegan sausage)
- When your potatoes have 25 minutes left, place the vegan Beyond sausage on the baking tray and bake for the remaining 25 minutes.

 
Prepare the vegan Guinness gravy
- Cut shallots into thin slices and chop garlic into small pieces. Set aside

 - Place 2 tbsp of vegan butter into a sauce pan over medium heat.

 - As butter begins to melt, add sliced shallots. Cook over medium heat for 3 minutes. Stirring often

 - Add diced garlic, stir and combine. Cook for another 2 minutes

 - Add 2 tbsp of flour to the pan and mix thoroughly so the flour blends well with the butter. This should only take about 15-30 seconds

 - Slowly add Guinness while you continue to mix. This will start to make your flour and butter mix more smooth

 - Slowly add 1/2 cup of water and continue mixing.Just start with 1/2 cup, you will add the rest of the water in a minute.
 - Once you have thoroughly mixed your ingredients so they are smooth and thick add 1 1/2 cups of water, 1/2 of a Not-Beef Bouillon Cube, 5 dried shiitake mushrooms, 1 tsp mustard, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1/4 tsp poultry seasoning. Mix thoroughly

 - Bring gravy to a boil and then lower heat to medium-low and allow to simmer for another 15 minutes. Add more water if you desire a thinner gravy.
 - Pull out the mushrooms and cut them into strips. Return them to the gravy

 - Once you have allowed your gravy to cook for 15 minutes gravy should be ready! Remove from heat.
 
Put it all together
- Once the potatoes and vegan bangers have finished baking and the gravy is ready, it's time to plate!
 - Remove potatoes from the oven and carefully remove them from the tin foil
 - Cut each potato open and mash the inside of the potatoes with a fork. Set aside

 - Place vegan sausage on a cutting board and cut sausage into smaller pieces

 - Fill baked potatoes with chopped vegan sausage and top them off with the Guinness gravy. Garnish with sliced shallots

 - Serve and enjoy!

 
