Spring – Pork and Fennel Sausage Stew – Piemonte Sausage – Urbana, Illinois

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 8 pork sausages (Bernie’s Classic Fennel & Hot)
• 4 slices of thick bacon (or 2 middle bacon rashers, rind removed, chopped)
• 1 tsp fennel (Add this if you choose to use another type of sausage like a sweet flavor.)
• 1 brown onion, chopped
• 1 leek, trimmed, finely sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tablespoon plain flour
• 2 carrots, thinly sliced
• 2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
• 8 potatoes, halved
• 3 cups salt reduced chicken stock
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped