Braised Portuguese Sausage And Blue Lake Green Beans Recipes

BRAISED GREEN BEANS WITH TOMATOES AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Wash and trim green beans, set aside
• In a large oven safe skillet heat oil. Add onion and garlic, sauté until fragrant (2 mins)
• Add in sausage crumbled, season with salt, pepper, fennel seeds and paprika. Sauté for about 5-6 mins or until fully cooked and browned.
• Toss in green beans. Add tomato sauce and give it a quick stir. Make sure the green beans are mostly submerged in sauce.
• Cover and transfer to a pre-heated oven at 350F degreens and braise for 30 minutes.
• When done feel free to add a generous dizzle of olive oil and serve.

BRAISED SAUSAGE AND BEANS

Steps:

• In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, frozen carrots and sausage; cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion and carrots are tender and sausage is no longer pink.
• Stir in beans, chicken broth and thyme. Heat to boiling. Cover; reduce heat to medium-low, and cook about 5 minutes or until hot.

BRAISED PORTUGUESE SAUSAGE AND BLUE LAKE GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Place fine herbs, bay leaves, juniper berries and black peppercorns in cheesecloth and tie with string.
• In a large braising pan melt butter, add Portugese sausage, Maui onions and saute' sausage until brown. Add fine herbs, season with sea salt and black pepper. Add garlic and saute' about a minute.
• Add 1/2 cup Riesling Wine and reduce by one-half.
• Add vegetable stock, green beans, potatoes and wine. Bring to a full boil and reduce to a slow simmer covered. Braise 45-minutes to 1 hour or until beans and potatoes are tender.
• Season to taste with fine sea salt and fresh ground black pepper.
• Serve in warm bowls.
• Garnish with chopped Fresh Chopped Parsley.
• *Chef's Note: Riesling Wine from Bay Bridge Vineyard 2009.

BRAISED SAUSAGES WITH BORLOTTI BEANS, ROSEMARY AND SAGE

Steps:

• First of all, soak the borlotti beans. Wash them under cold, running water and discard any broken ones or alien bits. Then, if it is convenient, soak them overnight in 4 pints (2.25 litres) cold water. If you need them today and haven't the time for this, simply bring them up to the boil (using the same quantity of water), boil for 10 minutes and leave them to soak for two hours. Drain the beans, reserving the soaking liquid. Heat the oil in the casserole over a medium heat and carefully brown the sausages, turning them occasionally so they are a nice golden brown colour on all sides - this will take 8-10 minutes. After that, remove them to a plate, then add the pancetta to the frying pan, turn up the heat and toss it around for about 5 minutes, or until it's golden brown at the edges. Now, using a draining spoon, transfer it to join the sausages, then turn the heat down again to medium and soften the onion for 10 minutes in the juices left in the pan, stirring it around from time to time. Then add the garlic and cook for another minute. Next, add the drained beans to the casserole, along with the herbs, then the sausages and pancetta, tucking them in among the beans, and finally, add the wine and 10 fl oz (275 ml) of the reserved water. Season with salt and freshly milled black pepper and bring everything up to simmering point on the hob. Now put a lid on the casserole and transfer it to the centre shelf of the oven to cook slowly for 3 hours. Serve garnished with the sprigs of rosemary and sage. I don't think this needs any other vegetable but a green salad, and some Italian cheese would be nice to follow.

BRAISED SAUSAGES

Steps:

• Prick the sausages. De-rind and chop the bacon. Peel and thickly slice the onion or peel the shallots and leave whole. Wash the mushrooms and slice if large.
• Heat the oil in a casserole or thick saucepan, over a moderate heat, and lightly brown the sausages. Remove them from the pan.
• Add the bacon and onion, and fry for 2-3 minutes. Stir in the flour, and gradually add the wine, beer, cider or stock, stirring as the sauce thickens.
• Return the sausages to the pan. Add the mushrooms, herbs, garlic, salt and pepper. Reheat, then put on the lid, lower the heat and leave to simmer gently for 35-45 minutes, removing the lid for the last 15 minutes of cooking time. Add a little more liquid if it gets too dry.