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White Beans & Veggie Sausage with Pesto

Original recipe from here.

Ingredients

1 large lemon

1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp olive oil

1 red onion, cut into 8 wedges

1 small fennel, cut into 4 wedges

4 sausages (I used veggie but use whatever you’d like)

5 garlic cloves thinly sliced

1 jalapeno, diced

1/2 cup red wine vinegar (calls for dry white wine in original recipe)

2 cans white/cannellini beans, drained and rinsed

1 cup chicken broth

1 tsp salt

Pesto as a garnish

What To Do

Peel 3 x 1/2 inch strips from lemon, set aside. Juice lemon, set aside 3 Tbsp juice and reserve extra.

Heat 3 Tbsp oil in dutch oven. Add onion and fennel, cut sides down. Cook until cut sides are brown 5-8 mins undisturbed. Transfer vegetables to a plate. Reduce heat to medium

Saute sausages and 1 tbsp oil until browned (2-3 mins per side). Transfer them to a plate with fennel and onions.

Add lemon peel strips, garlic, and jalapeno to skillet. Cook for 1 minute. Add red wine vinegar (or white wine) scraping bottom of skillet to loosen browned bits. Simmer until wine is reduced about 3 minutes.

Stir in beans, broth, and 1/2 tsp salt. Bring to a simmer over medium-high. Stir occasionally and smash about 1/3 of beans using back of a spoon, until bean mixture is somewhat creamy but still loose and brothy, 3-5 minutes, adjusting heat as needed. Stir in 1 Tbsp lemon juice and 1 Tbsp oil.

Let simmer for 15 minutes or so. Serve and garnish with pesto.

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