Bean & pasta stew with meatballs

30-60 minutes 4 servings 800 kcal or less cannellini bean cannellini beans casserole comforting easy family garlic clove garlic cloves macaroni mains meat balls meatballs one-pot one-pot recipes pork sausage pork sausages sausage recipes stew stews

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Ingredients

6-8 pack pork sausages

1 tbsp olive oil

2 onions , finely chopped

3 celery sticks, diced

2 carrots , diced

3 garlic cloves , finely chopped

400g can chopped tomatoes

1l chicken stock

175g macaroni

410g can cannellini beans , rinsed and drained

handful flat-leaf parsley , chopped

Method

Snip the ends off the sausages and squeeze out the meat. Roll into rough walnut-sized meatballs. Heat half the oil in a large, wide pan and fry until browned, around 10 mins. Remove from pan and set aside.

Add the rest of the oil to the pan. Tip in the onions, celery and carrots and fry for 10 mins until soft. Add garlic and cook for 1 min more. Tip in the tomatoes and stock. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 mins.

Stir in the macaroni and return the meatballs. Simmer for about 10 mins until pasta is cooked and meatballs are cooked though. Stir in beans and heat until piping hot. Season, mix in parsley and serve.