serves 4-6 people
Ingredients
500 gr good quality, spicy pork sausages
big onion – chopped
2-3 cloves of garlic – crushed
olive oil
2 tins of beans – I use the 4-in-1 mix
1 tin of chopped tomatoes or 2 big fresh tomatoes
fresh thyme and parsley
a glass of red wine
salt/pepper
1 tsp sugar just to cut through acidity of tomato
1 chili – optional
fried breadcrumbs or pork crackling
Method
Remove the meat from the casings and shape into tiny little meatballs. In a “cassole” or pot, heat the olive oil and fry the meatballs until they are gold brown on all sides. Keep warm. In the same pot. saute the onions and garlic until soft. Add more olive oil if you need to. Add the tomato, red wine and thyme and allow to cook for about 5 minutes, just to reduce the sauce somewhat. Add the beans and the meatballs and warm through. Serve with chopped parsley, fried breadcrumbs or crackling if you have.
To make the fried bread crumbs: Heat some olive oil to a pan, add 1-2 cloves garlic, crushed. Now add about 1 cup fresh breadcrumbs and toss until it becomes golden in color. Season with a little salt.
(Nina Timm)
