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MainsFebruary 26, 2018

Beans, Sausage, Kale Casserole

A casserole play on white bean, sausage, and kale soup. Super yummy!

Beans, Sausage, Kale Casserole

I dig the Italian style cream soup with sausage, beans, and kale. I was kind of craving it, but i wasn’t in a cream soup kind of mood. Leafing through some cookbooks, i came across a recipe for traditional cassoulet, duck confit and all. I (sadly) don’t keep duck confit around, but I did have beans and sausage, so I combined them into this super yummy casserole. Perfect for a cold winter day.

time: about 2 hours all told
serves: 6

You could vegetarianize this and use mushrooms instead of sausage. it might be ok.

Mise en Place

Staples

  • 2 cupsdried white beans
  • 4 clovesgarlic, roughly chopped
  • 1/2 tsppiment d’espelette
  • 1 28 oz candiced tomatoes, drained
  • 3 tbsbutter
  • 1 cuppanko
  • 4 sprigsthyme
  • 1bay leaf
  • kosher salt
  • pepper
  • canola oil

Veggies

  • 2carrots, large dice
  • 1 largeonion, diced
  • 1 bunchkale

Meats

  • 1 1/2 lbbulk sweet italian sausage, in pieces

Equipment

  • 1large container
  • 1instant pot
  • 1oven, 350
  • 1casserole dish
  • 1skillet
  • 1ice batch
  • 1large pot of water, boiling
  • 2bowls
  • 1mason jar
  • 1stick blender

Directions

  1. soak beans for 8-16 hours in 2 qts water mixed with 1 tbs kosher salt
  2. bring large pot of water to boil, prepare ice bath
  3. drain beans of soaking water, put in instant pot with thyme and bay leaf
  4. cover means with 1/2 inch of water, afix lid, and pressure cook for 10 minutes. let naturally release
  5. blanch kale in boiling water for 20 seconds, evac to ice bath
  6. cut stems out of kale and then slice into ribbons, set aside
  7. meanwhile, melt butter over medium heat in skillet, add panko, a big pinch of salt, and toast panko till golden. evac to bowl
  8. wipe skillet clean, return to medium heat, add a bit of canola oil, and brown sausage in batches. evac to bowl.
  9. when sausage is done, reduce heat to medium low, add carrots and onions, and cook till soft, ~10 minutes
  10. add garlic and piment d’espelette and cook 1 minute
  11. using a slotted spoon, discard bay leaf and thyme. evac beans from instant pot to casserole
  12. take 1/2 cup of beans and enough cooking water to cover and place into mason jar. puree with stick blender
  13. discard rest of cooking water
  14. add puree to casserole
  15. add carrots, onions, kale, tomatoes, and sausage to casserole. stir to combine. taste and adjust salt
  16. bake covered in oven for 30 minutes
  17. remove from oven, cover with panko, and return to oven for 10 minutes
  18. remove from oven, let cool 10 minutes, serve and eat
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