White bean stew with fennel sausages

Name: White bean stew with fennel sausages
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 small onion, diced; 1 small carrot, diced; 4 Italian-style sausages with fennel; 1 clove garlic, roughly chopped; chopped fresh parsley, to garnish; 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves; 60 ml (2 fl oz) thick (double) cream; 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves; 1 teaspoon black peppercorns; sprig of fresh thyme; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley; 375 g (12 oz) dried cannellini beans; 1 small celery stick, diced; sprig of fresh rosemary; 120 g (4 oz) unsalted butter, softened

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 55

Appears in

Casseroles

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

Dried cannellini beans—Full of protein, calcium and iron—are cooked with aniseed-flavoured Italian sausages in a creamy herb sauce, making this stew a complete meal.

Ingredients

375 g (12 oz) dried cannellini beans
1 small onion, diced

Main course
Stew
Gluten-free

Method

Place the beans and vegetables in a large flameproof casserole dish with the sprigs of thyme and rosemary. Wrap the peppercorns in a piece of muslin and add to the dish. Cover with 1.5 litres cold water. Place on the stove and bring to the boil; then reduce the