Italian Pork Sausage with White Bean Mash

Italian Pork Sausage with White Bean Mash

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 4-5
This dish most recently appeared in My Gluten Free (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, July 23, 2017.

A healthy and Italian spin on a classic Kiwi meal.


Ingredients

WHITE BEAN MASH

  • ½ head cauliflower, cut into small florets
  • 1 can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1½ tablespoons butter

ITALIAN PORK SAUSAGES

  • 550g GF Italian pork sausages
  • 35g GF sliced almonds

VEGETABLE SAUTÉ

  • 1 head broccoli
  • 1 courgette
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • ½ cup GF chicken stock
  • ½ tub sour cream
  • ½ teaspoon GF wholegrain mustard

Steps

  1. a medium pot of salted water to the boil.
  2. Cook cauliflower in pot of boiling water for about 6 minutes, until just tender. Add beans and cook a further 2 minutes, until cauliflower is soft. Drain, return to pot with butter and mash until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper and cover to keep warm.
  3. While cauliflower cooks, heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan on medium heat. Cook sausages for about 8 minutes, turning often, until golden and cooked through. Remove and set aside, covered to keep warm. Add almonds to pan and toast for 1 minute, until golden. Reserve pan.
  4. Cut broccoli into small florets and slice stalk 1cm; slice courgette into 1cmthick rounds; thinly slice onion. Return reserved pan to medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil. Cook onion and broccoli for 3 minutes. Add courgette and garlic and cook a further 1-2 minutes, until veggies are just tender.
  5. Add stock and cook for about 1 minute, until liquid is reduced by half. Stir through sour cream and mustard and remove from the heat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  6. divide white bean mash and vegetable sauté between plates. Top with Italian pork sausages and almonds.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2275 kj
544 kcal
Protein 27.3g
Carbohydrate 25.3g
Fat 26.1g