Smoked Welsh Dragon Sausage Cassoulet Recipe

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Ingredients

500g Smoked Welsh Dragon Sausages – sliced diagonally
140g Chorizo – sliced or cut into chunks
4 slices Dry-cured Streaky Bacon – or slices of Air-dried Ham  – chopped 
1 clove garlic – chopped
1 red onion – coarsely chopped
1 red pepper – thickly sliced
1 green pepper – thickly sliced
chilli – chopped ( optional)
1l chicken stock
1 tin chopped tomatoes / passata
1 small glass white wine
1 tin flageolet, butter or chilli beans &/or cupful of cooked green lentils
Cherry Tomatoes – halved & oven roasted in olive oil
Fino Olive Oil
selection fresh herbs – thyme & chives – chopped 
bay leaf

Fry onion, garlic, chilli & bacon and sausage in a little olive oil.  When onions are soft and bacon and sausages are beginning to colour, add peppers and chorizo when sizzling add the stock, wine, tomatoes bay leaf and most of the chopped herbs. Season with salt and black pepper. Simmer for 20 – 30 minutes. Check seasoning, add the beans and/ or lentils, garnish with remaining herbs and roasted cherry tomatoes.  Serve piping hot with crusty bread.