Sausage Bean Soup

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 120 g bacon, diced
• 1 large carrot, sliced
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 potato, diced
• 1 liter chicken stock
• 2 (400 g) cans haricot beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 -2 bay leaf
• 4 good quality sausages (one with garlic is nice)
• chopped parsley

Recipe

• 1 warm the oil in a large, heavy bottomed pot.
• 2 put the bacon in first and let it cook for a couple minutes, then add the onion, celery, carrot and potato.
• 3 let them cook a few minutes until they start to soften.
• 4 pour in the chicken stock, then the beans, bay leaf and sausages.
• 5 bring to a boil, then turn down the heat so the liquid simmers gently.
• 6 leave for 30 minutes, stirring from time to time and adjusting the seasoning with salt and pepper.
• 7 just before serving, take out the sausages and cut them into bite-sized pieces.
• 8 return them to the pan, stir in a good handful of fresh parsley and ladle into bowls.