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Winter Vegetable and Meatball Stew

40 mins
722 cals per serving
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Donal's Notes

Packed with seasonal vegetables and sausage meatballs spiked with fennel seeds, it embodies the essence of hearty comfort food.

Ingredients

sausages
sausages
fennel seeds
fennel seeds
olive oil
olive oil
onion
onion
leeks
leeks
celery
celery
garlic
garlic
celeriac
celeriac
chicken stock
chicken stock
cavelo nero
cavelo nero
orzo pasta
orzo pasta
unsalted butter
unsalted butter
breadcrumbs
breadcrumbs
Parmesan cheese
Parmesan cheese
tinned cannellini beans
tinned cannellini beans

Equipment

Large pan
Large pan
Large saucepan
Large saucepan
Spatula
Spatula

Method

1

Squeeze the sausage meat from the cases into a bowl. Add the fennel seeds and squeeze to mix together then shape into 16 small balls.

2

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large pan over a medium high heat and brown the meatballs all over then set aside.

3

In a large saucepan heat 1 tbsp oil and gently fry the onion, leek and celery for 5 minutes. Add garlic and celeriac and fry for a few minutes more then add 800ml of the stock. Simmer for 15 minutes then add the cavolo nero, orzo and meatballs and remaining stock to the soup. Simmer for a further 10 minutes.

4

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a frying pan with the butter and fry the breadcrumb gently for 5-10 minutes until golden. Spread on a plate to cool then mix with the parmesan.

5

Add the cannellini beans to the soup and cook for a minute or two more than serve with a scattering of the cheesy crumbs.

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