Hurricane Hannah Cajun Cassoulet

Cassoulet is a French dish which calls for duck comfit and a lot of other ingredients that most of us don't have on hand.This is a take off on the old French recipes.



                          Hurricane Hannah's Cajun cassoulet

Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs Hot Italian Sausage with skins removed
                      2 medium onions chopped
                      2 cloves of garlic chopped
                      2 cans(15.8 oz) Great Northern beans drained
                      2 cans(14.5oz) of petite diced tomatoes
                      1 can (14.5 oz)of baby lima beans drained
                      1 cup chicken stock
                      1 tbsp tomato paste
                      1 tbsp chopped rosemary
                      1 tbsp chopped thyme
                      1 tsp crushed red pepper
                      1/2 tsp allspice
                      1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 


Preparation: Saute' skinned sausage until browned
                       Poor of all 2 tbsp of the sausage fat
                       Add onions and garlic to the pot and saute' until soft
                       Stir in rosemary,thyme,crushed red pepper,allspice and
                       cayenne pepper
                       Add drained beans including limas and diced tomatoes
                       Stir in chicken stock,and tomato paste
                       Simmer for 1 1/2 hours
                       Add more chicken stock if the mixture is too dry to simmer
                       for that length of time.The consistency should be like a
                       thick chili.
                       Serve in bowls with a crusty bread

This recipe came later in life when my teenagers had developed a taste for spicy foods