Beans With Sausages And Tomatoes

Recipe Ingredients

3 cups	480g / 16oz	Dried kidney or Taylor beans - - (1 lb, 2-oz)
4 oz	113g	Duck fat
		= (sold frozen at specialty markets)
4		Spicy pork sausages (large)
1/4 lb	113g / 4oz	Smoked bacon
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Onion - sliced (large)
1		Bouquet garni
		= (knot 3 sprigs thyme, 1 sprig
		Rosemary, 2 sage leaves and 4 sprigs
		Parsley together in cheesecloth)
4		Garlic cloves
1 teaspoon	5ml	Sea salt - or to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
2		Peeled carrots - peeled, and (large)
		Cut in 1/4" slices
2		Tomatoes - peeled, seeded, (large)
		And quartered
		= (or drained 14-oz can chopped tomatoes)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Chopped parsley

Recipe Instructions

Place the beans in a bowl; cover by 3 inches with cold water. Soak 8 hours. Drain. Cook in boiling water 30 minutes, then drain.

In a large, heavy saucepan, melt the fat over medium-high heat. Fry the sausages until browned. Remove from the pan, reduce heat to medium and add the onion. Cook until golden, 5 minutes. Add the bacon, beans, bouquet garni, garlic, and season with salt and pepper. Add cold water to cover. Cook uncovered, 1 1/2 hours.

Check the seasoning. Add the carrots and tomatoes. Cook 30 minutes, then set sausages on top, check seasoning, and cook until the water is just under the beans and thick, 30 minutes to 1 hour.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Each serving: 485 calories; 1,501 mg. sodium; 65 mg. cholesterol; 35 grams fat; 13 grams saturated fat; 23 grams carbohydrates; 20 grams protein; 5.81 grams fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 01-29-2003

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