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Sausage & Bean Casserole

Name: Sausage & Bean Casserole
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 8 pork sausages; 1 onion, sliced; 2 garlic cloves, sliced; 400g tin chopped tomatoes; 400g tin cannellini or haricot beans, drained; 250ml chicken stock; 1 tbsp tomato purée; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp dried mixed herbs; crusty bread, to serve

Browned sausages braised with beans, tomatoes and smoked paprika — the slow cooker’s most-searched British supper, four ingredients from a tin and proud of it.

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 50 min
Total: 65 min
Yield: Serves 4
Difficulty: Easy
Era: Mid-century

Ingredients

8 pork sausages
1 onion, sliced; 2 garlic cloves, sliced
400g tin chopped tomatoes
400g tin cannellini or haricot beans, drained
250ml chicken stock; 1 tbsp tomato purée; 1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp dried mixed herbs; crusty bread, to serve

Method

Brown the sausages all over in a little oil; remove.
Soften the onion and garlic in the same pot for 8 minutes.
Add the tomato purée, paprika, tomatoes, stock, herbs and beans; return the sausages.
Simmer gently, half-covered, for 35–40 minutes until thick and rich — or transfer to a slow cooker on low for 6 hours.
Serve with crusty bread for dunking or a proper pile of mash.

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