Sausage and Bean Casserole (Mini Cocotte Recipe)

There are days when you want to eat well without making things complicated – when your body craves something warm, tasty and comforting. This recipe for braised sausages with tomato, beans and herbs is exactly that: a simple, one-pot dish that almost cooks itself and fills the kitchen with an aroma that invites you to sit down and enjoy without rushing.

Cooked in a Le Creuset ceramic mini-cocotte, it's perfect for a refined individual meal or to surprise someone with a beautiful and practical presentation. The tomato sauce, gently thickened with stock and cornflour, coats the sausages and beans in a luscious stew with a lovely homemade touch. Sage and wholegrain mustard add depth without overshadowing the main ingredients.

It’s also a very flexible recipe: you can easily double the quantities if you’re serving two (or more), and adapt it to what you have in your pantry. A modern, easy and satisfying comfort dish – the kind you’ll want to make again and again, and save in your “reliable recipes” notebook.

Le Creuset ceramic mini-cocottes

Ingredients

For 2 or 3 mini-cocottes (depending on how full you fill them):

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced
• 2 thick quality sausages (approx. 140 g total)
• ½ green pepper, diced (2 cm pieces)
• 200 g canned chopped tomatoes
• 150 g cooked white beans
• 1 tsp dried sage
• 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
• 80 ml (1/3 cup) chicken stock
• 1 tsp cornflour
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

Method

1. Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat.
2. Add the sliced onion and sauté until lightly golden.
3. Transfer the onions to the mini-cocotte.
4. Add the sausages to the hot pan and brown them on all sides.
5. Add the remaining ingredients to the pan, stir, and cook for a few minutes.
6. Transfer everything to the mini-cocotte, cover with the lid and bake in the oven for 30–35 minutes.
7. Before serving, sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley.