Smoked Sausage Cassoulet Recipes

SMOKED SAUSAGE SKILLET CASSOULET

Steps:

• In large heavy skillet, sauté thinly sliced onion and crushed garlic in oil over medium-high heat; stir in cored and chopped apple, rosemary, sage, tomatoes, northern beans, thawed lima beans, broth and tomato paste; stir to blend well.
• Add sausage; bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat; simmer for 20 to 30 minutes until thoroughly heated.
• Serve topped with croutons and chopped parsley.

SMOKED SAUSAGE CASSOULET

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large ovenproof Dutch oven.
• Add sausages; saute for 25 minutes or until browned.
• Transfer sausages to a paper-towel lined platter and let drain.
• Add leeks and garlic to same Dutch oven.
• Saute for 8 minutes or until they begin to soften.
• Add in apples, rosemary, and sage; mix well.
• Add brandy and simmer 5 minutes or until mostly evaporated.
• Add canned tomatoes with juice, beans with 1/2 cup of reserved liquid, lima beans, 1 cup broth, tomato paste, and cloves; mix well.
• Return sausages to pan; season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Bring mixture to a boil; cover and place Dutch oven in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.
• Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in a large skillet.
• Add bread and saute for 25 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently.
• Mix together tomatoes and parsley in a large bowl.
• Add in the bread; mix well; season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Spoon bread mixture evenly on top of cassoulet.
• Bake uncovered for 15 minutes.

SMOKED SAUSAGE CASSOULET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large ovenproof pot over medium heat. Add sausages; sauté until brown, about 25 minutes. Transfer to plate and cut into 1/2-inch rounds.
• Add leeks and garlic to same pot. Sauté until beginning to soften, about 8 minutes. Mix in apple, rosemary and sage. Add brandy and simmer until almost evaporated, about 5 minutes. Mix in canned tomatoes with juices, canned beans with 1/2 cup reserved liquid, lima beans, 1 cup broth, tomato paste and cloves. Add sausages. Season with pepper.
• Bring cassoulet to boil. Cover pot and transfer to preheated oven; bake 30 minutes. (Can be made up to 2 days ahead. Uncover; cool 1 hour. Refrigerate until cold; cover and keep refrigerated. Before continuing, rewarm in covered pot in 350°F. oven 40 minutes, adding more broth if dry.)
• Heat remaining 1/4 cup oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add bread and sauté until golden brown, stirring often, about 25 minutes. Combine fresh tomatoes and parsley in large bowl; mix in bread. Season topping with salt and pepper. Spoon onto warm cassoulet. Bake uncovered 15 minutes longer.

OLD-FASHIONED SMOKED SAUSAGE AND BEAN CASSOULET

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat oil in a heavy oven-proof pot over medium heat.
• Add in sausage slices and saute until browned (about 10-15 minutes) remove with a slotted spoon to a plate.
• Add in more oil of needed and add in the leeks; saute for about 8 minutes or until softened.
• Add in chopped apple, rosemary and sage; mix to combine.
• Add in the brandy and simmer until ALMOST evapoarted (about 4-5 minutes).
• Mix in canned tomatoes with juice, canned beans with 1/2 cup reserved bean juice, the lima beans, 1 cup broth and tomato paste.
• Add in sausages and season with salt and pepper; bring to a boil, cover pot and transfer to a 350 degree oven for about 35 minutes (watch to see if the mixture is dry, if so add in more broth).
• Remove pot from the oven and prepare the following.
• Heat 1/4 cup oil in a heavy large skillet over medium heat.
• Add in bread cubes; saute until golden brown, stirring often (about 25 minutes).
• Combine the fresh chopped tomatoes and parsley in a large bowl; mix in the browned bread cubes.
• Season with salt and pepper and spoon on top of the warm cassoulet.
• Return to oven and bake uncovered 15 minutes longer.

EASY SMOKED TURKEY SAUSAGE CASSOULET

Steps:

• In Dutch oven or heavy pot, cook sausage in oil until brown on all sides.
• Remove sausage.
• Cook garlic, celery, and onion with thyme and rosemary in the same oil until tender.
• Add broth, crushed red pepper and sausage.
• Heat to boiling; reduce heat.
• cover and simmer 30 minutes.
• Add beans and brown sugar and cook 10 minutes longer.
• Garnish with sliced green onions.

SAUSAGE CASSOULET

Steps:

• Set the slow cooker to low (ours had a 5-litre capacity). Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat and brown the sausages on each side - you don't have to cook them all the way through. Set aside on a plate. Put the lardons, onion and celery in the pan and cook over a medium heat for 8-10 mins until the onion is translucent and the lardons crisp. Stir in the garlic, paprika and thyme, and fry for 3 mins.
• Pour in the wine and simmer until reduced by half, around 5-10 mins. Tip in the chopped tomatoes, stock, both lots of beans, the sugar and vinegar. Stir until combined and bring to the boil. Pour into the slow cooker with the sausages. Cover and cook for 6-8 hrs. Serve with crusty bread.

PORK BELLY AND SMOKED SAUSAGE CASSOULET

Steps:

• Put the beans in a large pot and cover with cold water by 6 inches , soak overnight and then drain.
• season pork belly cubes with 1 tablespoons of the salt and 2 tsp of the pepper . Heat large pot preferably cast iron, over med- high heat.
• heat oven to 250 degrees.
• sear the belly pieces in the rendered belly fat until lightly browned about 2-3 minutes . add the onion celery carrots garlic bay leaves red pepper flakes, and thyme plus the remaining 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp pepper.
• sauté until the vegetables start to soften, about 5 minutes pour in the wine and simmer to slightly reduce about 3 minutes add the tomato paste and mustard and cook, stirring until the ingredients are combined.
• return the seared pork belly and its juices to the pot. add 1 qt of the chicken broth and bring to a simmer. then cover. and simmer for 60-70 minutes the pork belly will be cooked and slightly tender but should not fall apart.
• add the beans and remaining 1 qt broth, or enough to comfortably cover the beans by 2 inches. put in the oven and bake , uncovered, stirring the top crust into the beans every hour or so, until the beans are tender. about 3 1/2 hours. add a little more broth if needed to keep beans moist and submerged.
• Increase the oven temp to 450 cook for another 30 mins to form a crust on top of the bean mixture. push the crust to the middle of the pot. cook for another 15 mins to form a new crust. The cassoulet will have a deep brown crust and look rich. Cool for at least 30 mins before serving.