This Slow Cooker Italian Sausage Casserole is a warming bowl of spicy sausages and creamy beans. It’s even better when you put it all in the Slow Cooker in the morning and it’s ready for you to eat at supper time.
How to make Slow Cooker Italian Sausage Casserole
There is something so very comforting about a Sausage Casserole. and this recipe is so simple to make.
- Soak the dried beans overnight.
- Brown the sausages in a frying pan.
- Turn the heat down and saute the onion and pepper for a few minutes.
- Add all the other ingredients and slow cook on Low for 7 1/2 hours.
- Add the kale and cook for another 30 minutes (optional)
Serving suggestion
Before serving, add the soured cream and sprinkle with chopped parsley. You can serve it without the cream, but it really adds amazing richness to what would otherwise by a fairly ordinary plate of sausages and beans.
Slow Cooked Challenge
This Slow Cooker Italian Sausage Casserole is my entry for the Slow Cooked Challenge, the monthly linky for all things cooked slowly that I share with Lucy at Baking Queen 74. Lucy is hosting this month, make sure you pop over to the Slow Cooked Challenge for October and you will find lots of lovely warming recipes.
I’m also adding this recipe to Inheritance Recipes run by Coffee ‘n Vanilla and Pebble Soup this isn’t a recipe from my past, but I think it may be one to pass on to future generations, it is so simple and perfect comfort food, which is the theme October’s Inheritance Recipes Challenge.
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Slow Cooker Italian Sausage Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 onion roughly chopped
- 12 Italian-style sausages
- 1 400 g can of tomatoes
- 250 g dried cannelini beans
- 250 g dried pinto beans
- 1 tsp sweet paprika pimenton
- 1 red pepper
- 100 g chopped kale
- 400 ml hot chicken stock
- 200 ml soured cream
- 50 g fresh coriander leaves
- salt and freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Soak the beans in water overnight
- Brown the sausages in a pan or in the oven, so the skins start to turn golden but remove before the sausages are cooked and put in a dish.
- Soften the onion and red pepper in the oils left from the sausages.
- Drain the beans and place in the base of the slow cooker (crockpot)
- Add the onions and pepper, tomatoes, stock and pimenton and mix through.
- Place the sausages on top of the beans, put on the lid and cook on Low for 7 hours 30 minutes
- Add the kale, replace the lid and cook on High for 30 minutes
- Just before serving stir 100ml of soured cream through the beans.
- Serve each portion with a spoonful of soured cream and a sprinkling of fresh coriander.
Lucy @ BakingQueen74 says
Sausage and bean casserole is always a favourite here too, using the Italian sausages sounds great to add extra flavour. I love the idea of stirring through the soured cream to get a creamy sauce and adding some on serving, I will certainly be trying your recipe soon!
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Lucy, yes I think we all have a favourite sausage and bean recipe for the slow cooker, it works so well.
Dom says
oh yes! Sausage and bean casserole… is there anything finer? I am so making this next weekend!
Janice Pattie says
Thank you my dear, we love our comfort food. Veggie Sausages for the Viking.
Alison says
oh lovely, looks gorgeous. I must remember to enter this linky!
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Ali, it would be lovely to have you join us.
Pebble Soup says
We have a beans and sausages casserole family recipe and it is always in high demand during the autumn month. For some reason we call it Coussisson.
Thank you for entering yours in the Inheritance Recipes challenge
Janice Pattie says
Now that the blog is back up and running I’m trying hard to get involved with challenges again. Inheritance Recipes is a great challenge so I will be back.
Karen says
You can’t beat bangers and beans Janice and this looks fabulous and perfect for this colder weather we are having! Karen
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Karen, yes winter is definitely on it’s way.
Cat says
This looks lovely and comforting, perfect for the cold nights x
Margot @ Coffee & Vanilla says
Beautiful, that reminds me of Hungarian stew we used get in tins during state of war in Poland. I haven’t had this ever since but it was one of the most comforting foods ever. Thank you for entering this to our Inheritance Recipes challenge.
plasterers bristol says
Going try making this on the weekend. Sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing.
Simon
Elizabeth (Silver's Reviews) says
This looks DELICIOUS.
THANK YOU.
Elizabeth
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Janice Pattie says
Thank you Elizabeth.