Smokey bean and bacon stew

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Combine rashers, salty chorizo and flavoursome cannellini beans for a hearty stew, ready in just half an hour

Smokey bean and bacon stew

SERVES

4

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

5

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

25

MINUTES

CUISINE

COURSE

Main

Method

  1. Heat a dash of oil and sauté the onion until it is completely soft and translucent. Add the garlic and stir until the it is starting to turn golden.

  2. Add the tomatoes and stock and allow to bubble away on a low heat. In another pan melt the butter and fry the rashers until they are starting to turn golden. Add the chorizo and fry until it too is browning on the outside. Stir through the sage and the beans until the beans are nicely coated in the juices from the pan.

  3. Stir the beans through the tomato sauce and allow everything to bubble away together for 10 minutes. Serve with crunchy bread to mop up the sauce.

Ingredients

  • dash of rapeseed oil

  • 300ml stock

  • knob of butter

  • 200g chorizo, sliced

  • 4 smoked rashers, sliced

  • bunch of tarragon, chopped

  • 2 tins of cannellini beans, drained and rinsed

  • crunchy bread for four

Method

  1. Heat a dash of oil and sauté the onion until it is completely soft and translucent. Add the garlic and stir until the it is starting to turn golden.

  2. Add the tomatoes and stock and allow to bubble away on a low heat. In another pan melt the butter and fry the rashers until they are starting to turn golden. Add the chorizo and fry until it too is browning on the outside. Stir through the sage and the beans until the beans are nicely coated in the juices from the pan.

  3. Stir the beans through the tomato sauce and allow everything to bubble away together for 10 minutes. Serve with crunchy bread to mop up the sauce.

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