Creamy Mascarpone Butter Beans with Sausage Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 large good-quality pork sausages, skins removed and meat squeezed out
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, 2 thinly sliced, 1 roughly chopped
• 1 x 400g (14oz) can chopped tomatoes or polpa (finely chopped tomatoes)
• 1 small bunch of parsley, roughly chopped
• 2 strips of unwaxed lemon zest, pith removed
• 150g (5½oz) mascarpone
• ¼–½ nutmeg, freshly grated
• Approx. 750g (1lb 10oz) drained cooked or canned butter (lima) beans
• Pinch of chilli flakes (optional), plus more to serve
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 4 thick slices of bread, toasted and drizzled with extra virgin olive oil
• parmesan, shaved or grated