This hearty French stew is a tasty mix of diced pork, sausage and cannelini beans.
Ingredients
- 4 (about 400g) beef sausages
- 300g speck, cut into 2cm pieces
- 500g diced pork
- 2 brown onions, halved, coarsely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 250ml (1 cup) dry red wine
- 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
- 1 x 400g can cannellini beans, rinsed, drained
- 6 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 bouquet garni (MasterFoods brand)
- Salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 105g (1 1/2 cups) fresh breadcrumbs (made from day-old bread)
- Steamed green beans, to serve
- Crusty bread, to serve
Method
- Step 1Preheat oven to 160°C. Heat a large flameproof casserole dish over medium heat. Add sausages and cook, turning occasionally, for 5 minutes or until brown. Thickly slice sausages diagonally and transfer to a heatproof bowl.
- Step 2Add the speck to the casserole dish and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until brown all over. Transfer to the bowl with the sausage. Add half the pork to the casserole dish and cook, turning occasionally, for 5 minutes or until brown all over. Transfer to the bowl. Repeat with the remaining pork, reheating the dish between batches.
- Step 3Add onion and garlic to casserole dish and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until onion softens. Add wine and bring to the boil. Add sausages, speck, pork, tomato, cannellini beans, thyme and bouquet garni and stir to combine. Remove from heat. Season with salt and pepper.
- Step 4Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven and sprinkle with half the breadcrumbs. Return to oven and cook for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and stir the breadcrumbs through the pork mixture. Increase oven temperature to 180°C. Sprinkle pork mixture with remaining breadcrumbs. Return to oven and cook for a further 30 minutes or until breadcrumbs are golden brown and pork is tender. Remove from oven.
- Step 5Spoon the cassoulet among serving plates and serve immediately with green beans and crusty bread.
- Low carb
- Low sugar
- Lower gi
Nutrition
2390 kj
Energy
30g
Fat Total
12g
Saturated Fat
7g
Fibre
41g
Protein
147mg
Cholesterol
1190.75mg
Sodium
8g
Carbs (sugar)
26g
Carbs (total)
All nutrition values are per serve
Notes
Note: Speck (smoked pork) is available from the deli in some Woolworths. If it’s unavailable, use bacon instead
- Author: Sarah Hobbs
- Image credit: Steve Brown & Ian Wallace
- Publication: Australian Good Taste
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