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Botifarra amb mongetes
Pork sausage with white beans
Botifarra amb mongetes: Catalan fresh pork sausage with white beans fried in garlic
This contains pork (botifarra sausage). Ask in any Barcelona neighbourhood restaurant for the most Catalan plate on the menu and you will probably get this: a coil of grilled botifarra, a fresh pork sausage seasoned with little more than salt and pepper, beside white beans sautéed with garlic and parsley until crisp at the edges. It is everyday lunch food, and often comes with allioli. If you cannot find botifarra, use coarse, plain fresh pork sausages. Chef's tip: let the beans sit untouched in the hot pan for a minute between stirs, so some of them catch and crisp.
- Total time
- 30 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 ¾ lb cooked white beansganxet or cannellini, drained (two 400 g jars or tins)
- 3 cloves garlicfinely chopped
- 2 tbsp flat-leaf parsleychopped
- ½ tsp salt
To serve
- 4 tbsp allioli (optional)see the allioli recipe
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Prick 1 ⅓ lb botifarra or coarse fresh pork sausages a few times. Heat 1 tablespoon of 1 tbsp olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and cook the sausage for 15–18 minutes, turning often, until browned all over and 160°F in the centre. A common mistake is a high heat: the skin burns and splits before the middle is cooked.
18 minStep 2: Lift out and keep warm. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of fat from the pan.
Step 3: Add the rest of 2 tbsp olive oil and 3 cloves garlic and fry for 30 seconds until fragrant. Add 1 ¾ lb cooked white beans and ½ tsp salt.
Step 4: Fry over a medium-high heat for 6–8 minutes, turning occasionally with a spatula but leaving them alone in between, until some beans are golden and crisp at the edges.
8 minStep 5: Stir in 2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, and serve the beans with the sausage and a spoonful of allioli if you like.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 610 kcal
- Protein
- 34 g
- Carbs
- 32 g
- Fat
- 38 g
- Fibre
- 10 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does botifarra amb mongetes take?
- About 30 minutes in total: 5 minutes to prepare and 25 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of garlic?
- ½ tsp garlic paste or ⅛ tsp garlic powder per clove.
- What can I use instead of flat-leaf parsley?
- Curly parsley or coriander, same amount.
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