Easy sausage cassoulet

11ProPoints®Value

Prep time: 20 min

Cook time: 80 min

Other time: 0 min

Serves: 4

Ingredients

	5 spray(s) Calorie Controlled Cooking Spray
	300 g Reduced Fat Pork Sausage, pork, chopped
	2 medium Onion, All Types, sliced
	2 clove(s) Garlic, crushed
	2 medium Carrots, raw, chopped
	2 stick(s) Celery, cooked, sliced
	1 teaspoons (level) Thyme, Dried
	400 g Haricot Beans, cooked, rinsed and drained
	400 g Tinned Tomatoes
	1 cube(s) Vegetable Stock Cube, dissolved in 150 ml hot water
	1 teaspoons Salt, and
	1 teaspoons Black Pepper
	2 clove(s) Garlic, crushed
	300 g Breadcrumbs, Fresh
	2 teaspoons Parsley, fresh

Instructions

• Heat a large flameproof casserole dish and mist with low fat cooking spray. Add the sausages and cook over a medium-high heat for 3 – 4 minutes. Add the onions, garlic, carrots and celery and cook for another 2 - 3 minutes.
  
• Stir in the dried thyme, haricot beans, tomatoes and stock. Cover and simmer over a low heat for 35 – 40 minutes, removing the lid for the final 10 minutes. Season to taste.
  
• Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4/180°C/350°F.
  
• For the topping, mist a non-stick frying pan with low fat cooking spray. Add the garlic and cook over a medium heat for 2 – 3 minutes, then stir in the breadcrumbs and chopped parsley. Sprinkle over the cassoulet, then transfer to the oven and bake for 25 – 30 minutes, or until crusty golden brown on top.