Sausage & bean casserole | BBC Good Food

              Sausage and Bean Bake                                                                           Serves: 4

Ingredients

400g potatoes, peeled and quartered

25g butter

1½ tbsp olive oil

6 sausages, cut in half

1 onion, peeled and thinly sliced

2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

1 butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into pieces

1 tbsp white wine vinegar

1 tsp caster sugar

½ x 400g tin of chopped tomatoes

1 x 400g tin of cannellini beans, drained and rinsed

500ml chicken stock

A handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped

Salt and black pepper

Instructions

• Place the potatoes in a large saucepan with water, put on a high heat and bring to the boil. Lower the heat and allow to simmer for 10-15 minutes until tender. Drain, add 25g of butter and mash. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat and add the sausages. Cook for 4-5 minutes, or until golden-brown all over.
• Add the remaining oil, followed by the onion and garlic. Cook for 2-3 minutes, or until softened.
• Add the butternut squash, stirring everything together.
• Increase the heat to high and add the white wine vinegar. Continue to cook until most of the liquid has evaporated.
• Add the sugar, tomatoes, cannellini beans and stock and stir everything together. Cook for one minute.
• Stir in the parsley leaves and season with salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10-15 minutes, until the butternut squash is becoming tender.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180˚C/gas mark 4. Pour the mixture into a baking dish and top with mashed potato. Place in the oven and bake for a further 10 minutes. Serve immediately.