Pork Sausage and Beans - "Botifarra amb Mongetes" - from Cataluña

botifarra sausage

🥗Healthier: chicken sausage

💰Cheaper: pork sausage

Chicken sausage reduces fat content while maintaining flavor.

white beans

🥗Healthier: cannellini beans

💰Cheaper: navy beans

Navy beans are often less expensive and can be used interchangeably.

Prepare the dried beans by soaking them for at least 8 hours or overnight.

Boil the soaked beans with bay leaves and a dash of salt for 1 to 2 hours until very soft.

In a skillet, heat a generous amount of Spanish olive oil.

Cook the pork sausages in the olive oil until browned and cooked through.

Finely chop the parsley and garlic, and dice the strips of pancetta.

In the same oil used for the sausages, fry the pancetta until starting to turn golden.

Add the chopped garlic to the pancetta and stir briefly.

Incorporate the cooked beans and chopped parsley into the skillet and warm through for a couple more minutes.

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