Sausage and bean casserole

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Another of Annabelle's superb recipes. It can be prepared and cooked in 45 minutes.

Use it as a basic idea as there is so many ways to change this dish.

Ingredients

• Olive oil
• 1 packet of quality beef sausages
• 1 450g can of tomatoes, chopped
• 3 cloves of Garlic, peeled and crushed
• 1 onion, peeled and chopped
• 1 teaspoon of chili flakes
• Splash of Worcestershire sauce
• sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
• 1 beef stock cube crumbled into ½ cup of red wine and ½ cup hot water
• 1 can cannelloni beans, kidney beans, mixed beans etc.
• A big handful of torn basil leaves

Method

1. Using a Dutch oven, sauté the onions and garlic for 5 minutes in a splash of olive oil, to which a good grind of black pepper has been added
2. Add the sausages and fry for 4 minutes, just to colour a little
3. Add the remaining ingredients and half ot the basil leaves, stir well and simmer for 30 minutes

Serving suggestions

Garnish with the remaining torn basil leaves and serve with crusty bread

Chef's notes

Although cannelloni beans are delicious, they can be a little hard unless cooked for a lot longer than this so I find that partially crushing them first allows then to absorb a little more stock and have a little less bite..