Sunday Recipe: Bean & pasta stew with meatballs

A comforting, quick stew for all the family, cooked all in one potServes 4Preparation and cooking timesPrep 15 minutes Cook 40 minutes

Saturday, February 19, 2011

A comforting, quick stew for all the family, cooked all in one pot

Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 15 minutes
Cook 40 minutes

Ingredients
• 6-8 pack pork sausages
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 onions , finely chopped
• 3 celery sticks, diced
• 2 carrots , diced
• 3 garlic cloves , finely chopped
• 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 1l chicken stock
• 175g macaroni
• 410g can cannellini beans , rinsed and drained
• handful flat-leaf parsley , chopped

Method
1. Snip the ends off the sausages and squeeze out the meat. Roll into rough walnut-sized meatballs. Heat half the oil in a large, wide pan and fry until browned, around 10 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside.
2. Add the rest of the oil to the pan. Tip in the onions, celery and carrots and fry for 10 minutes until soft. Add garlic and cook for 1 min more. Tip in the tomatoes and stock. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes.

3. Stir in the macaroni and return the meatballs. Simmer for about 10 minutes until pasta is cooked and meatballs are cooked though. Stir in beans and heat until piping hot. Season, mix in parsley and serve.

PER SERVING
688 kcalories, protein 34g, carbohydrate 67g, fat 33 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 10g, sugar 15g, salt 3.6 g

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