Sausage Casserole

• 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
• 12 pork sausages good quality
• 6 rashers rindless streaky bacon, cut into 2.5cm lengths
• 2 onions medium, thinly slices
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika or chilli powder
• 2 11/16 cups chopped tomatoes
• 1 1/4 cups chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon muscovado sugar dark brown
• 1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 sprigs bay leaves
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme
• 6 3/4 tablespoons white wine or red, optional
• 2 1/4 cups butter beans or mixed beans
• 1 mixed beans x can hot and spicy
• ground black pepper

1. Heat a tbsp of oil in large non-stick frying pan and fry and sausages gently for 10 mins, turning every now and then until nicely browned all over. Transfer to a large saucepan or a flameproof casserole dish and set aside
2. Fry the bacon pieces in the frying pan until they begin to brown and crisp then add to the sausages
3. Place the onions in the frying pan and fry over a medium heat for five minutes until they start to soften, stirring often. You should have enough fat in the pan, but if not, add a little more oil
4. Add the garlic and cook for 2-3 mins more until the onions turn pale golden-brown, stirring frequently.
5. Sprinkle over the chilli powder or smoked paprika and cook together for a few seconds longer.
6. Stir in the tomatoes, chicken stock, tomato puree, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar and herbs
7. Pour over the wine or some water and bring to a simmer
8. Tip carefully into the pan with the sausages and bacon and return to a simmer, then reduce the heat, cover the pan loosely with a lid and leave to simmer very gently for 20 minutes, stirring from time to time
9. Drain beans, add to the pan with salt and pepper and cook for 10 more minutes
10. Serve with baked/mashed potato or rice

sunflower oil, pork, rashers, onions, garlic, paprika, tomatoes, chicken stock, tomato puree, worcestershire sauce, muscovado sugar, herbs, bay leaves, bay leaves, thyme, white wine, butter beans, mixed beans, ground black pepper

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Sausage-Casserole-1211736 (may not work)