Best Hearty Stew

yummy and great for winter!

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

Instructions

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.