Sausage and bean casserole

Sausage and bean casserole

ingredients
8 pepperoni sausages
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 green pepper, seeded and cut into strips
400g/14oz canned chopped plum tomatoes
2 tablespoons sun-dried tomato paste
400g/14oz canned cooked cannellini beans

• Prick the sausages all over with a fork. Cook under a preheated grill for 10-12 minutes, turning occasionally, until brown all over. Set aside and keep warm.
• Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion, garlic and green
pepper, and sweat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened.
• Add the tomatoes to the frying pan and leave the mixture to simmer for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until slightly thickened.
• Stir the sun-dried tomato paste, cannellini beans and reserved sausages
into the mixture in the frying pan. Cook for 4-5 minutes until the mixture
is piping hot. Add 4-5 tablespoons water if the mixture becomes too dry
during cooking.
• Transfer the casserole to serving plates, and serve hot with mashed potato or rice.
serves 4