Once you’ve made this sausage soup once, scroll down to the bottom of the recipe to find out how to transform leftovers into a brilliant sausage bake. The recipe can be frozen too: see Make Ahead for instructions.
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Ingredients
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 6 British free-range pork sausages
- 2 onions, halved and sliced
- 5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1½ tsp fennel seeds, crushed in a pestle and mortar
- 3 whole cloves (optional)
- 1.6 litres chicken stock
- 250g small pasta shapes (we used chifferi rigati)
- 2 x 400g cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 200g cavolo nero, trimmed and shredded
- Grated zest and juice 1 lemon
- 60g pine nuts, lightly toasted in a dry pan
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Method
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, then cook the sausages for 15 minutes, turning often, until browned all over and cooked through. Set aside on a plate.
- Tip out most of the fat in the pan, add the onions and cook for 6 minutes until just softened and lightly golden. Add the garlic and fennel seeds, stir well and cook for a further minute. Add the cloves (if using) and stock, bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the pack instructions. Drain and run under cold water to cool.
- Slice the sausages and add to the stock along with the beans, then bring back to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Add the pasta and cavolo nero, then cook for 1-2 minutes more until piping hot. Serve sprinkled with lemon zest, a squeeze of juice and a scattering of pine nuts.
Nutrition
- 516kcals Calories
- 20g (5.1g saturated) Fat
- 28.5g Protein
- 50.7g (6.5g sugars) Carbs
- 9.7g Fibre
- 1g Salt
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