Cassoulet Recipe

Cooking Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes Introduction: The dish traces its origin from France. It is a slow simmered meal containing beans, pork sausages and ducks. It traces its name from the earthen cassole in which it was traditionally prepared in. it is a sure way of enjoying a delicious meal. Ingredients: Dried cannellini beans Olive oil Pork belly Speck cut into batons Garlic sausages Breast fillets Chopped brown onions Crushed garlic cloves Thyme Rosemary Chopped tomatoes Chicken stock Bread crumbs Melted butter Procedure: 1. Find a bowl with a cover and put the beans in a bowl, cover with lots of cold water. 2. Set the bowl aside for a whole overnight in order for the beans to soak 3. Preheat the oven to about 140oC 4. Put oil in a casserole pan and place it on a source of heat 5. Heat the pan using high heat 6. Add the pieces of pork you want to cook 7. Stir the pieces of pork in the cooking pan until they turn brown 8. Transfer the cooked pork from the pan to a bowl 9. Add speck to the bowl, cook for two minutes until it has turned brown. 10. Add sausages to the pan and cook them. Turn them occasionally to make sure they cook on all sides 11. Slice the sausages thickly in a diagonal manner. 12. Set them aside in a separate bowl 13. Add the duck also to the pan and cook them for about five minutes until they are brown 14. Add onion and garlic to the cooking pan; cook them until they become soft 15. Add the speck, sausages and pork, thyme and rosemary to the sauce pan 16. Drain the soaked beans and add the beans together with tomato and stock. 17. Remove the cooking contents form the source of heat 18. Bake them in the preheated oven, while they are still covered until they soften and become tender 19. Combine the butter and the bread crumbs into a separate bowl 20. Spread the bread crumbs mixture over the cassoulet 21. Bake the cassoulet while uncovered for about 30 minutes until the top layer becomes golden 22. Remove your cooked food no from the oven and serve yourself and your guests