Cassoulet, for 2
Cassoulet, for 2

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Soak Great Northern beans in water in a large bowl overnight. Drain beans and place into a large soup pot. Stick a clove into each onion half. Using a slotted spoon, remove beans from their liquid, but reserve liquid.

Cassoulet, for 2 is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Cassoulet, for 2 is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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

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

Tomatoes and plenty of herbs make this a super flavorful meal. A cassoulet is a French dish that is a slow-simmered stew featuring duck or goose confit, sausage, and white beans. Add the sausages and cook over moderately high heat until browned all over. Let cool, then cut the sausages.

Steps 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 sausages and cook over moderately high heat until browned all over. Let cool, then cut the sausages. A traditional cassoulet would include white beans, duck or duck confit, pork, sausages, and/or mutton. However, it was a peasant's stew, constructed based on availability of ingredients therefore varying readily. Typically, it is a long cooking dish often taking days to prepare.

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