Sausage & butter bean casserole

• vegetable oil↗1 tbsp tbsp
• pork sausages↗8
• celery↗2

  sticks, chopped

• carrots↗2

  chopped

• onion↗1

  chopped

• tomato purée↗1 tbsp tbsp
• can butter beans↗400g g
• can baked beans400g g

  in tomato sauce

• thyme
• hot chicken or vegetable stock↗200ml ml
• slices white bread↗2

  whizzed to crumbs

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Heat half the oil in a large casserole dish, then brown the sausages all over. Remove from the pan and set aside. Add the remaining oil, tip the veg into the dish and fry for 10 mins. Stir in the tomato purée and cook for 1 min more.

2. 2

   Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Return the sausages to the pan with the beans, thyme and some seasoning, then pour in the stock and bring to a simmer. Remove from the heat, sprinkle over the breadcrumbs, then bake in the oven for 25-30 mins until the crumbs are golden and the stew is bubbling.