Sausage, fennel, borlotti bean casserole, dish of the day, seasonal food

Name: Sausage, fennel, borlotti bean casserole, dish of the day, seasonal food
Ingredients: 3 Medium heads of Florentine fennel, each cut into 6 or 8 wedges (depending on size); 8 Sausages (the Italian ones with fennel seeds from the freezer are good); 4 tbsp olive oil; 2 tsp Dijon mustard; 1 tbsp honey; half a glass of dry vermouth or white wine; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 2 tins borlotti beans; 200 g quick cook polenta; 2 tbsp (heaped) of chopped herbs (parsley, basil, chives etc)

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Cognoscenti might recognise this as one of Nigel Slater's midweek suppers from The Observer magazine but the polenta and borlotti beans are my addition. It's equally good with soft/wet or firm...

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Ingredients

3 Medium heads of Florentine fennel, each cut into 6 or 8 wedges (depending on size)
8 Sausages (the Italian ones with fennel seeds from the freezer are good)
4 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp honey
half a glass of dry vermouth or white wine
1 large onion, finely chopped
2 tins borlotti beans
200 g quick cook polenta
2 tbsp (heaped) of chopped herbs (parsley, basil, chives etc)