White bean cassoulet
Author: Handmade health
Recipe type: french
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Serves: 6
- 3 Tbls olive oil
- 20 cloves of garlic
- 1 medium onion diced
- 2 carrots diced
- 4 stalks of celery diced
- 1 herb bouquet tied with string: 4 stems of fresh rosemary,4 stems of fresh oregano( or 1 tsp of dry)8-10 fresh stems of fresh thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 6 cups drained cooked great northern white beans or any firm white bean(approx. 3 cups dried soaked beans overnight and cooked for an hour)
- 8 cups of chicken stock
- ½ cup white wine
- 4 links of spicy merguez or chicken sausage
- ½ cups spinach pesto
- 6 slices of diced bacon
- 4 diced tomatoes
- Garlic crostini:
- 1 baquette
- 5 cloves garlic
- ½ cup parmesan cheese
- spinach pesto:
- ½ bunch spinach
- 5 cloves minced garlic
- ½ cup toasted walnuts
- 11/2 cups olive oil
- ¾ cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 tsp salt
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees and place the rack in the middle
- Heat up creuset or dutch oven pot on the stove and add diced bacon to cook until crisp
- Add diced onion, garlic, carrot,celery, herbs
- Add cooked beans along with 8 cups of chicken stock and white wine
- Stir in diced tomates and bring to a simmer on the stove
- Once bubbling, place in preheated oven to bake at least 2 hours until liquid reduces by at least half
- Grilled sausage:
- Lay out sausage and prick with a fork and cook under broil for approx. 10 mins. for colour.
- Cut sausages in half and place on top of stewing beans an hour into baking time.
- Spinach pesto:
- Chop spinach and add to blender
- Gradually add olive oil until well blended
- Add garlic,walnuts, cheese , salt and pepper
- Combine all ingredients in a blender until pureed smooth.
- Put in a bowl and leave to rest
- Garlic parmesan crostini:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Slice baquette into 24 slices
- Drizzle bread with olive oil
- Spread crushed garlic onto each slice and sprinkle with parmesan cheese
- Bake for 10 to 15 minutes until bread is browned but not burnt
- Remove from the oven and set aside until beans are ready
- Continue to check beans until almost all the liquid has been absorbed.
- Sometimes this can take up to 3 hours depending on how well cooked the beans are.
- Remove creuset pot from the oven and serve beans with sausage placed on top, a dollop of pesto with a crostini placed on top.
Recipe by Hand Made Health at https://handmadehealth.net/white-bean-cassoulet/
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