Sausage Casserole – Mettrick's Butchers

Ingredients

• 1–2 tablespoons sunflower oil
• 12 traditional pork sausages
• 6 rashers streaky bacon, diced
• 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• ½–1 teaspoon hot chilli powder/ smoked paprika
• 1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 300ml chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon brown muscovado sugar
• 1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs
• 2 bay leaves
• 3–4 sprigs of fresh thyme
• 100ml red wine
• 1 x 400g can mixed beans
• Salt & pepper