Sausage Beer Bake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup beer
• 15 ounces cannellini beans
• 14 ounces italian-style stewed tomatoes
• 6 ounces turkey sausage
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cups french bread, cubed
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• 2 cook the sausage over medium heat. remove to a plate.
• 3 add the celery, carrot, and onion to the pan. "sweat" for ten minutes.
• 4 combine all ingredients except bread and butter in a casserole pan, crumbling the sausage.
• 5 top with bread and cover with foil.
• 6 bake for twenty minutes, then remove foil, drizzling butter over the bread.
• 7 bake uncovered for and additional 8-10 minutes, or until bread is golden brown.
• 8 hint: we have also substituted pre-buttered garlic bread from the store, placing it butter side up, for the same effect with even more flavor.