Cassoulet, for 2
Cassoulet, for 2

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, cassoulet, for 2. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cassoulet, for 2 is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Cassoulet, for 2 is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

That wasn't going to happen so I found a cassoulet with "easy" in the title and decided to go with it and change the ingredients to make it work for two. Cassoulet is essentially a French bean stew or casserole with some sort of meat (pork, beef, chicken, etc.) in it. Using a slotted spoon, remove beans from their liquid, but reserve liquid. Arrange a third of the beans in the bottom of a six-quart casserole.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have cassoulet, for 2 using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cassoulet, for 2:
  1. Make ready 1 carrot, cut into small cubes
  2. Get 1 red onion, peeled and chopped
  3. Take 1 celery stalk, finely sliced
  4. Get 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
  5. Make ready 1/2 tsp dried thyme, sage and rosemary
  6. Make ready 2 duck legs, or leftover duck or goose chunks
  7. Take 2 large sausages, or equivalent amount of chipolatas, left whole
  8. Prepare 1 can beans, any type, in water. cannellini beans work well.
  9. Get 1 can chopped tomatoes
  10. Prepare 1 small 190 ml bottle of red wine or 1 glass of red wine
  11. Take 1-2 slices bread - fresh, stale or toasted, it doesn't matter!
  12. Take 1 tbsp olive oil
  13. Take 1/2 head cabbage, your choice, shredded, or some green beans

Drain beans and place into a large soup pot. In a large saucepan, cover the beans with water and bring to a boil over moderate heat. Add the beans to the ragout and simmer until the. Health Tip: Adding pulses such as cannellini beans to a meat-based main dish bumps up the fiber and protein without adding saturated fat.

Instructions to make Cassoulet, for 2:
  1. If using fresh duck or goose, put in the oven now at 180 C, and follow the rest of the steps up to step 7 while it's cooking.
  2. Gently fry the diced carrot, red onion, celery and garlic in a little oil until softened and just starting to brown.
  3. Add the dried herbs to the fried veg
  4. Add the wine and simmer until reduced by half.
  5. Add the beans and tomatoes with their juice. Simmer until reduced by half.
  6. While the mixture simmers, whiz the bread with some olive oil and a sprinkling of dried thyme in a food processor to make bread crumbs. If you haven't got a food processor then just finely chop or pick into little croutons and mix with the olive oil and thyme by hand. Or, if you have a pack of breadcrumbs, use those.
  7. Lay the sausages and duck or goose on top of the veg and bean mixture, and place the oily breadcrumbs in the gaps between the meat, and cook in the oven until the meat is browned and there is only a small amount of liquid left, around 40 mins.
  8. To include some greens, serve with some steamed and seasoned cabbage or green beans, and a glass of red.

Add the beans to the ragout and simmer until the. Health Tip: Adding pulses such as cannellini beans to a meat-based main dish bumps up the fiber and protein without adding saturated fat. The first time I had cassoulet in its home turf it was a revelation. This loose, almost soup-like stew of beans and meat was so far removed from all versions of cassoulet I'd had in the United States, or even in other parts of France. It was a large, bubbling vat of beans and meat, covered in a crust so dark that it was almost black.

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