Chilli Sausage Casserole With Beans
cooking time
20 minutes
cooking skill
Easy
serves
4 people
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 400g pork and chilli sausages
- 200g baby shallots, peeled and left whole
- 1 large carrot, peeled and diced
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
- 1 teaspoon tomato purée
- ½ x 400g can of Cannellini beans
- 200g cook puy lentils
- 300ml hot vegetable stock
- 1 sprig fresh thyme
- 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped, to garnish
Method
1
Preheat the oven 180˚C, 160˚C Fan, Gas mark 4.
2
Heat the oil in an ovenproof pan until hot. Add the sausages and whole shallots and cook until golden brown.
3
Remove the sausages and shallots from the pan and add the carrot. Cook for a few minutes then add the garlic and tomato purée.
4
Add the beans, lentils, stock and thyme.
5
Return the sausages and shallots to the pan bring back to the boil and transfer to the oven and cook for 15-20 minutes. Some of the stock will be absorbed by the beans and lentils to give a thick consistency.
6
Remove from the oven, garnish with the chilli and serve with crusty bread or mash.
