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Cassoulet
- Prep time:
- 30 min
- Cook time:
- 1 hr 45 min
- Serves:
- 6
The Hairy Bikers have reduced the calorie count of this hearty dish while keeping all the big flavours, by choosing meaty sausages and gammon
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Ingredients
- ½ tsp sunflower oil
- 6 good quality herby sausages, at least 85% meat
- 4 sticks celery
- 3 medium carrots
- 2 medium onions, halved and sliced
- 6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, about 450g
- 2 fat garlic cloves, crushed
- 200 g piece lean smoked gammon, trimmed and cut into 2cm cubes
- 800 g canned chopped tomatoes
- 150 ml red wine, or water
- 300 ml cold water
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 1 tsp dried red chilli flakes
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- 400 g can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 400 g can butter beans, drained and rinsed
For the garnish:
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Method
1. Brush a large non-stick frying pan with the sunflower oil, using the tip of a pastry brush.2. Add the sausages to the pan and cook over a medium heat for 10 minutes, turning every now and then until nicely browned on all sides.
3. Meanwhile, trim the celery and peel the carrots and cut them into diagonal slices about 1½ cm thick.
4. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Add the onions to the frying pan and cook with the sausages for 6-8 minutes, stirring regularly until softened and lightly browned.
5. Trim the chicken thighs of any visible fat using a good pair of kitchen scissors. Cut them in half.
6. Add the garlic and chicken pieces to the pan with the sausages and onions and cook for 3-4 minutes, turning the chicken twice until coloured all over. Transfer everything to a large flameproof casserole dish.
7. Stir in the gammon, celery, carrots, tomatoes, red wine and water, then sprinkle over the caster sugar and chilli flakes.
8. Stir in the bay leaf and thyme and season with lots of ground black pepper. Bring to a simmer on the hob, then cover with a lid and transfer to the oven. Cook for 45 minutes.
9. Take the casserole out of the oven and stir in all the beans. Cover with the lid again and put the dish back in the oven for another 30 minutes.
10. For the garnish: just before the cassoulet is ready, prepare the garnish. Chop the parsley roughly and toss with the orange zest in a serving dish.
11. Serve large portions of the cassoulet in deep plates or wide bowls with a good sprinkling of the zesty parsley garnish on each one.
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View all comments (7)We have made this quite a few times and it tastes great every time. We shop at our local butchers where we know what we ask for is what we get and it's and locally sauced, we have used various types of sausages pork & cracked black pepper, pork & tomato and pork & leek and they all work well. Instead of chicken thighs we dice up breast of chicken saves fiddling around with bones.
when you have been out at work all day it is a bostin meal to have autumn, winter or spring.
RichW22003
Posted 09 Feb 2013 11:33 PM
Not tried it yet but will soon. Can you freeze it? Thanks
Janian333
Posted 14 Jan 2013 9:41 AM
Excellent recipe, great for winter. Didnt use the butter beans because my partner doesnt like them, just added extra canellini beans. Also i used chicken stock instead of red wine because i didnt have any. Turned out beautifully, will be making it again soon!
christineP22
Posted 22 Nov 2012 6:26 PM
Hi Andrea, thanks for your comment - the gammon does not have to be cooked first, just cut it into 2cm pieces and it will cook in the casserole with the other ingredients.
Enjoy!
Anna
Anna -Good Food
Posted 01 Nov 2012 9:27 AM
does the gammon have to be pre cooked. Want to try it tomorrow and can't remember
AndreaG48722
Posted 28 Sep 2012 8:31 PM
Made this for family - only used x2 celery sticks and left out the thyme as I dont like it - it was a lovely tasty filling meal served with crusty bread, even though I forgot to add the parsley garnish when I served it up and I took leftovers for lunch next day. I did try a little with the gsrnish and it was lush.
JillyT1
Posted 07 Sep 2012 11:45 AM
I love this easy peasy,tasty meal...and serve it in my big pasta bowls with some crusty bread on the side.
amandaisalive
Posted 23 Aug 2012 2:46 PM
This recipe is classed as easy
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