Bean & pasta stew with meatballs

• portions: Serves 4
• temps actif: 15 mins
• temps total: 55 minutes

Ingrédients

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

1 litre chicken stock

175g macaroni

410g can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained

handful flat-leaf parsley, chopped

Instructions

1 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.

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

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