Lanzarote Cassoulet

This is a lovely stew rather like a cassoulet which Maria cooks for lunch, after which we all, including the children, sink into a particularly deep siesta sleep. She uses chick peas instead of haricot beans and always puts peppers in and plenty of garlic. She occasionally puts in bits of the Spanish sausage called Chorizo and you could add coarse salami-type sausage if you liked She usually serves it with a very good salad of tomato and a lot of raw onion. You must soak the chick peas in w