Polish Sausage Stew with Beans
Polish bean stew with cabanossi sausage or Fasolka po Bretonsku, a hearty and delicious meal for cold winter days.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 505kcal
Ingredients
- 450 g/ 16 oz canned beans Note if using dried beans
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- 1 onion
- 2 medium carrots
- 125 g/ 4.4 oz smoked ham or smoked bacon
- 250 g/ 8.8 oz cabanossi sausage
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 250 g/ 8.8 oz pureed tomatoes
- 250 ml/ 8.5 fl.oz/ 1 cup beef or chicken stock
- 3 bay leaves
- ½ teaspoons dried marjoram
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika powder
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika powder optional
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- fine salt and pepper
Instructions
- Chop the onion finely. Chop the carrots into cubes or slices. Cut the ham or bacon into cubes as well. Slice the sausages.
- Heat the sunflower oil in a heavy-bottomed pan. Cook the finely chopped onion until translucent. Add the carrots, ham or bacon and continue cooking for about 5 minutes, stirring from time to time.
- Add tomato paste, stir well to coat the vegetables and sausages, then add the pureed tomatoes and the stock (or beans' cooking liquid + a stock cube), bay leaves, marjoram, both paprikas, allspice, sugar, and some salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil, turn the heat down to low and simmer the stew, uncovered, for about 10 minutes.
- Add the cooked beans and simmer gently for another 10 minutes.
- Adjust the taste with salt and pepper and serve the stew with bread and pickled vegetables.
Notes
If cooking your own beans you will need one extra onion, another 2 bay leaves, some black peppercorns, and 3-4 allspice berries. If using already cooked beans, this dish will be ready in no time.
To cook the beans, place 200 g/ 7 oz dried beans into a large bowl. Cover with cold water and soak overnight. Drain, place into a pot, cover with plenty of water, add 1 halved onion, 2 bay leaves, some black peppercorns, and some allspice berries and cook the beans until soft, at least 1 hour or more, depending on the size and age of the beans. You can replace the broth or stock used to make the stew with some of the beans' cooking liquid and in this case, add a stock cube as well.
Nutrition
Serving: 1/4 of the dish | Calories: 505kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 20g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 1455mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 7g