sausage, vegetable + bean stew

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 packet (approximately 8) pork sausages

onion, diced

olive oil

2 cloves garlic, crushed

2 carrots, peeled and cut into 2cm chunks

2 potatoes, cut into 2cm chunks

1 teaspoon ground cumin

400g tin cannellini beans

500ml chicken stock

1 cup hot water

1 bay leaf

2 cups butternut pumpkin, cut into 2cm chunks

2 tablespoons parsley, chopped

cracked black pepper

Method

1. Cook sausages and set aside
2. In a large pot, saute onions in olive oil
3. Add garlic, carrots, potatoes, cumin, beans, stock, water and bay leaf; and bring to the boil
4. Reduce to a simmer; then add pumpkin, sausages and parsley
5. Cook until vegetables are tender and season with black pepper
6. Remove bay leaf before serving and garnish with extra parsley

Notes
If you have a large dutch oven, you can cook the sausages in it and use it for the remainder of the recipe, which will incorporate the flavours from the cooked sausages into the dish. It also makes this a one-pot-wonder!