Italian Casserole With Sausage and Beans

November 5, 2010 | Filed underItalian,Meals | Posted by

This Italian Casserole With Sausage and Beans recipe is another hearty, rustic dish. This time with a touch of Italian flavour and class. While we use garlic and herb sausages, you can use whatever you like to alter the flavour of the dish.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 large red onion, sliced
  • 8-12 garlic and herb sausages
  • 125 ml red wine
  • 600 g packet shop-bought fresh Italian Bean soup
  • 400g canned chopped Italian cherry tomatoes
  • 1 tsp dried red chilli flakes
  • 1 bunch of basil, leaves torn
  • salt, and pepper

Instructions

  1. Heat the olive oil in a casserole dish, add the red onion and fry gently for 5 minutes.
  2. Add the sausages and fry for 5-10 minutes, stirring often, until golden brown on all sides. Alternatively you can grill the sausages if you’re worried about fat.
  3. Increase the heat, pour in the wine and cook briskly until reduced by half.
  4. Add the soup, canned tomatoes, chilli flakes and season with salt and pepper.
  5. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes, or until the sauce has thickened.
  6. Stir in the basil and cook for a further 5 minutes.
  7. Server with bread, potatoes, salad or whatever you like.

Cooking time (duration): 15

Number of servings (yield): 4

Meal type: dinner

Culinary tradition: Italian

My rating: 5 stars:  ★★★★★ 1 review(s)

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