Salsicce e fagioli

Name: Salsicce e fagioli (Sausages and beans)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) dried cannellini (or other white beans), soaked overnight in cold water; 6 large Italian pork sausages, about 100 g (3½ oz) each; 3 garlic cloves, peeled; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 sprigs of sage; 400 g (14 oz) tin peeled tomatoes, with their juice, chopped

Sausages and beans

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Twelve

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2003

About

Tuscans are well known for their love of beans, and this rustic recipe is one of their favourites.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) dried cannellini (or other white beans), soaked overnight in cold water</

Method

Rinse the beans and put them into a large saucepan. Cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Skim the surface of the scum with a slotted spoon. Add 2 whole garlic cloves and one of the sage sprigs. Cook for 1-1½ hours or until the beans are tender. Season with salt and pepper in the last half hour of the cooking time.

In a separate large saucepan, heat the olive oil. Prick the sausa