Italian Sausage Stew

A meal that is rich in flavour. Has a good balance between the fresh vegetables and the hearty sausages.

Preparation time

• Ingredients 17
• Prep Time 00:35
• Cook Time 00:30
• Serves 6

Ingredients

• 500 g Italian pork sausage
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1 brown onion diced
• 2 cloves garlic crushed
• 2 carrot diced
• 1 celery stick diced
• 1/2 red capsicum diced
• 1/2 tsp sweet paprika
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp chilli
• 1 pinch black pepper
• 4 tomato large fresh diced
• 6 mushrooms sliced
• 400 g canned cannellini beans
• 400 g canned chopped tomato
• 1 bouquet garni
• 6 broccoli broken into florets cooked
• 1 frying pan 1 saucepan

Directions

1. Fry sausages in a pan, until browned all over, however not necessarily cooked through.
2. While sausages are cooking brown onion, garlic, carrots, celery and capsicum in a large saucepan for 5 minutes.
3. Add spices and cook until fragrant, approximately 1 minute. Add tomatoes and mushrooms and cook until tomatoes are soft and cooked down.
4. Slice up sausages and add to the saucepan, along with the herbs, canned tomatoes and broccoli. Bring to the boil and then simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Add cannellini beans and simmer for another 5 minutes. Serve on toast.

Notes

Bouquet garni should be fresh rosemary, thyme, sage and parsley.

Source: bestrecipes.com.au