Name: Bean and merguez with gremolata
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 red onion (170g), chopped coarsely; 2 rindless bacon rashers (130g), chopped coarsely; 2 clove garlic, crushed; 400 gram can diced tomatoes; 1.5 litre (6 cups) chicken stock; 6 merguez sausages (480g); 2 x 400g cans white beans, rinsed, drained gremolata; Gremolata; 1/3 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 2 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind; 2 clove garlic, crushed

Ingredients

1 red onion (170g), chopped coarsely

2 rindless bacon rashers (130g), chopped coarsely

2 clove garlic, crushed

400 gram can diced tomatoes

1.5 litre (6 cups) chicken stock

6 merguez sausages (480g)

2 x 400g cans white beans, rinsed, drained gremolata

Gremolata

1/3 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

2 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind

2 clove garlic, crushed

Method

1.Cook onion, bacon and garlic in heated oiled large saucepan, stirring, until onion softens and bacon crisps. Add undrained tomatoes and stock; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2.Meanwhile, cook sausages in heated oiled medium frying pan until browned and cooked through; slice thinly.

3.Add sausage to soup with beans; stir until soup is hot.

4.To make the gremolata; combine ingredients in a small bowl.

5.Serve bowls of soup sprinkled with gremolata.

Merguez, the French spelling of the Arabic “mirqaz”, is a small spicy lamb sausage eaten in Tunisia and Algeria. It is served grilled as part of a mezze, or fried then cooked with pulses, various meats and vegetables in tagines, cassoulet or other hearty casseroles.
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