Sausages with white beans and roasted peppers

Tag : red peppers roasted

INGREDIENTS: ⬢ 4 extra lean pork sausages cut in 2-3cm chunks
⬢ 1 tbsp olive oil
⬢ 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
⬢ 1 onion, roughly chopped
⬢ 1 x 320g jar whole sweet red peppers in oil, drained androughly chopped
⬢ 2 x 410g tin cannellini beans in water, drained and rinsed
⬢ 300g baby spinach leaves
⬢ 4 tbsps chopped flat-leaf parsley
⬢ Finely grated zest and juice of ½ a lemon
⬢ Freshly ground black pepper




METHOD: ⬢ Preheat the grill to high and cook the sausage pieces untilbrown all over. Remove, set aside.

⬢ Heat a large non-stick pan over a medium heat and add the oil.Add half the garlic and all the onion to the pan. Cook gently,adding a splash of water as necessary, until the onion istranslucent (about 8 minutes).

⬢ Add the peppers, beans and 4 tbsps of water and cook for 5minutes. Add the sausages and spinach and cook for a further 5minutes.

⬢ Meanwhile, in a food processor or with a pestle and mortar,blend together the remaining garlic, parsley, lemon zest and juiceand a little olive oil. Add this to the stew and stir well. Seasonwith pepper and serve immediately in bowls, mugs or pitta breads.