Name: Best Hearty Stew
Ingredients: serves 4; 1 can of baked beans (drained of most of the sauce, but reserve some of it); sausages; can of chickpeas, cannellini or harricot beans cooked(optional); smoked bacon cut into lardons; 2 tbsp olive oil; 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped; 1 tin of chopped tomatoes; 2 pints of chicken stock; 225g cabbage (preferably green) thinly sliced; Fresh or dried thyme; salt and pepper

Step 1:

1. Slice the skin of the sausages and squeeze the meat out, season and shape into meatballs

Step 2:

2. Fry the meatballs with the bacon in the olive oil until golden.

Step 3:

3. Add the garlic and cook for a few seconds and then add the tomatoes and stock and simmer for 10 minutes

Step 4:

4. Add the cooked, drained beans (if using) and the tin of baked beans then add the cabbage and cook for a furthur 4 minutes.

Step 5:

5. Add the chopped herbs to taste and season.

Best Hearty Stew

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