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Fassolada me Loukaniko (Stewed Beans with Sausage)

Fassolada me Loukaniko (Stewed Beans with Sausage)

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Fassolada me Loukaniko (stewed beans with sausage), is a rustic, hearty, nutritious and comforting Greek bean stew which is perfect for the cold days ahead of us.

The recipe is similar to the classic dish but the addition of the sausage adds much more flavour.

cooking fassolada stewed beans image

Although the weather is still warm here in Assini and we are still going to the beach, today it was cloudy and rainy this morning, so instead of making Fassolia Piaz, (a Greek, cold Bean Salad) as planned, I changed my mind due to the weather and decided to make Fassolada.

It’s been a while since we last ate it and was craving for it for a long time.

Tolo in October image
Tolo in October

The farmers’ market in Nafplion is every Wednesday and Saturday but due to other commitments, we did not go on Wednesday.

Whenever we go to the farmers’ market, I buy provisions to last for a week.   

However, today when I started cooking, I discovered that the celery was not so fresh so I did not add any.

Last week, at the farmers’ market I found a bargain, when an old man was selling a bag full of lovely, ripe, tomatoes for just one Euro.

He said they were seven kilos and I thought that probably half of them would be rotten but still they were cheap.

I regret not buying more as all of them turned out to be perfect.

After making an X on the rear side of the tomato and boiling them for a few minutes, I peeled and blended them in a food processor.

I then filled plastic cups and froze them, to use whenever my provisions finished.

I do this often as we live a little bit far from Nafplion and the villages around us are all touristic so the local supermarkets sell everything much more expensive.

I try to stock non perishable ingredients and I freeze a lot of vegetables, such as bell peppers, celery, eggplants, green beans, okra, artichokes, vine leaves, various herbs, even orange juice during the winter and lemon juice when the lemons are very cheap.

blended tomatoes for fassolada image

When taking the tomato cups out of the freezer, I remembered that I had some sausages stocked as well, so I took one out, to use it in the dish I was about to make.

I let them sit for about an hour to defrost but this is not absolutely necessary, as the sausage can easily be cut into slices when frozen and provided there is some liquid in the pot, when you add the frozen tomato, you keep stirring it and keep adding some of the hot liquid on top and the tomatoes will soon thaw.

Frozen tomato juice and sausage image

The recipe is almost identical to the classic fassolada. 

After sauteing the onion and garlic in a large pot, I chopped the sausage into slices and sauteed it as well.

When adding the spices I also added a hot chilli pepper (you can add more during winter if you like it really hot but as the weather is still warm, I made it mildly hot).

I used local pork sausages which are made by my butcher in which he adds leeks and various spices.

Fassolada with Sausage image

The dish was amazing! The sausage released all its aroma and flavour which made the “fassolada” even tastier than usual!

Update: February, 2021

The recipe has been updated with a video. The ingredients in the video are much less than what is in the recipe card, as we are now less family members.

Greek beans with sausage image

As I have recently posted, my blog has been nominated by BHMAGourmet for an award, in the category “Best Greek cooking in English”.

If you have not yet voted, you can still vote for my blog until the 14th of December, 2015, here.

We still have to participate in two challenges which will be judged by a committee. One of the challenges is to make frugal recipes which are nutritious and full of flavour, so my today’s recipe falls in that category.

The other category is to make good use of our leftovers, so stay tuned and keep voting 🙂

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Fassolada me Loukaniko (Stewed Beans with Sausage)

Fassolada me Loukaniko (Stewed Beans with Sausage)

Yield: 6
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes

Fassolada me Loukaniko (stewed beans with sausage), is a rustic, hearty, nutritious and comforting Greek bean stew which is perfect for the cold days ahead of us. The recipe is similar to the classic dish but the addition of the sausage adds much more flavour.

Ingredients

  • 250 grams white dry beans, such as navy beans, cannellini etc.
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1 big onion, finely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 sausage (100 grams), cut into slices
  • 3 carrots, sliced in small pieces
  • 1 large potato, cubed (optional)
  • 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 hot chili pepper
  • 2 cups grated tomatoes (about 5 fresh tomatoes) or 1 can of whole tomatoes with sauce, blended
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste (optional)
  • 1 tbsp sea salt
  • Freshly grated black pepper
  • 1 cup chicken or vegetable broth or 1 cup water with 1 bouillon
  • 1/4 cup parsley, finely chopped (optional)

Instructions

  1. Soak the beans in water from the previous night.
  2. Drain the water and put the beans in a pot with fresh water.
  3. Boil for a while and remove any froth which arises.
  4. Drain once again. Add fresh water and cook until slightly soft, about half an hour. Drain and set aside.
  5. After wiping the pot to dry, heat the olive oil in the same pot and sauté the onion until translucent.
  6. Then add the chopped sausage and sauté stirring it a few times.
  7. Add the garlic and sauté for a few seconds, until fragrant.
  8. Add the carrots, potato and celery and stir.
  9. Add the bay leaf, chili pepper, (tomato paste) and season with salt and pepper. After stirring, add the beans as well as the fresh tomato and enough water to cover the beans.
  10. Bring to a boil, lower heat, cover the pot and simmer for about an hour, stirring regularly, or until the beans and carrots are soft and the sauce thickens.
  11. Just before the end, discard the bay leaf.
  12. You can add some parsley if you like, stir and turn off the heat.
  13. Serve with toasted bread with a drizzle of olive oil on top!
Nutrition Information
Yield 6
Amount Per Serving Calories 354Total Fat 20.05gSaturated Fat 2.94gSodium 532.23mgCarbohydrates 35gFiber 9.62gSugar 6.78gProtein 11.53g

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Angie

Saturday 17th of October 2015

Comforting and delicious! A great dish.

Cheers,

Angie

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