Sausage and Butter Bean Stew
by Bold Bean Co
As with most recipes, a dish is only as good as the ingredients you cook with – but this rule especially applies to this one. It’s essentially a two hero ingredient, one pot dish, where sausages and beans take centre stage. The stew is saucy and unctuous and the richness is lifted by a bright basil salsa. It’s ideal for batch cooking as it freezes super well and it definitely uses up what you’ve probably already got in the cupboard!
Method
Based on 3 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan or casserole dish over a medium heat. Add the sausages and cook for 8-10 mins until they get some colour on them. Remove from the pan and set aside.
Step 2
To the same pan, add the onion, carrot and red pepper and cook for 8-10minutes in the sausage fat, stirring regularly until softened (add a splash more oil if necessary). Then, add the garlic, tomato puree, dried rosemary and dried thyme and cook off until fragrant, roughly 2 minutes.
Step 3
Add the tin of tomatoes, swill the can about and fill ⅓ full with water (if cooking for 2-3) and throw that in too, . Add the Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, bay leaves and crumble in the stock cube/stock pot. Return the sausages to the pan. Stir to combine then simmer on a low heat for 3-4 minutes before adding the butter beans with their liquid. Simmer for a further 7-8 minutes to let the flavours infuse and sauce to thicken slightly.
Step 4
Meanwhile, make the salsa verde. In a small bowl, mix together the 1/3rd of the chopped parsley, chopped basil, Dijon mustard, extra virgin olive oil, capers (plus a splash of their juice) and the lemon juice and zest. Season to taste.
Step 5
Taste the sausage stew for seasoning, then finish it by stirring through the remaining chopped parsley. Ladle into bowls, top with the salsa verde, and enjoy!
- Ingredients
- Based on 3 servings
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1tbsp Capers, plus a little of their juice 1x Sainsbury's Non Pareilles Capers in Brine, Inspired to Cook 100g (60g*) -
1tsp Dried Rosemary, or fresh rosemary, finely chopped 1x Sainsbury's Rosemary 22g -
1 Onion, red or brown are fine, finely diced 1x Sainsbury's Onions Loose -
1 Carrot, or celery stalk, finely diced 1x Sainsbury’s Carrots Loose -
1 Red Pepper, roughly chopped 1x Sainsbury's Red Pepper -
0.5 Lemon, zest and juice 1x Sainsbury's Lemons -
1 tin Plum Tomatoes 1x Stamford Street Co. Peeled Plum Tomatoes in Tomato Juice 400g -
1tsp Olive Oil 1x Sainsbury's Olive Oil 500ml -
6 Sausages, of your choice - veggie ones also work well 1x Heck 97% Pork Gluten Free Sausages x6 400g -
1tbsp Worcestershire Sauce, or if veggie, Hendersons relish 1x Lea & Perrins Worcester Sauce 150ml -
1tsp Soft Light Brown Sugar, or caster sugar 1x Sainsbury's Fairtrade Light Soft Brown Sugar 500g -
1 Bay Leaves, dried or fresh 1x Sainsbury's Bay Leaves 3g -
1tsp Dried Thyme, or fresh thyme, finely chopped 1x Sainsbury's Thyme 12g -
30g Basil, roughly chopped 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Basil 30g -
3 Garlic Cloves, finely chopped 1x Sainsbury's Garlic -
1tsp Dijon Mustard 1x Sainsbury's Dijon Mustard 185g -
3tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1x Sainsbury's Olive Oil, Extra Virgin, SO Organic 500ml -
1tbsp Tomato Puree 1x Sainsbury's Tomato Puree, Double Concentrate 200g -
1 Beef Stock Cube, veggie or liquid stock pot 1x Knorr Stock Pot Rich Beef 4x28g -
1 jar Queen Butter Beans, with their bean stock 1x Bold Bean Co Queen Butter Beans 570g -
30g Fresh Parsley, roughly chopped 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Flat Leaf Parsley 30g