Tommy Moloney’s Pork Sausages with a Mixed Bean Cassoulet and Basil Pesto

Ingredients

  • 8 Tommy Moloney’s Pork Sausages
  • 1 Pint tomato passatta
  • 2 tins cooked butterbeans
  • 100g green beans
  • 1 bulb garlic
  • 1 large carrot
  • 2 red onions
  • 100g frozen broad beans
  • 1 large celery stick
  • 100ml red wine
  • 50ml balsamic vinegar

Basil Pesto

  • 100g fresh basil
  • 50g pine nuts
  • 50g grated parmesan
  • 100ml olive oil

Method

Cassoulet

  • Chop onions, garlic, carrot and celery, and fry in a saucepan on a low heat until soft.
  • Add red wine and balsamic vinegar.
  • Reduce by half, then add in tomato passatta and simmer for 30 minutes.

Pesto

  • Blitz all ingredients together in food processor.

To Serve

  • Fry off sausages and keep warm in the oven. Bring tomato sauce to the boil. Add in cooked butterbeans, broad beans and green beans, and simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Divide cassoulet between 4 plates. Slice sausages in half, and place on top of cassoulet. Drizzle with some basil pesto and serve.