SAUSAGE AND BEAN CASSEROLE

Ingredients.....8 flavoured sausages, 2 tbs of rice bran/ canola oil, 1 large onion, chopped, 3 tbs of minced garlic, 1 green capsicum, deseeded and chopped, 400 gm can of diced tomatoes, 2 tbs of tomato paste, 400 gm of cannellini beans, mashed potatoes / steamed rice to serve. Spray a large frying pan with cooking oil and heat over a medium heat. Prick the sausages all over with a metal skewer. Add the sausages to the warmed pan and cook until evenly browned. Now remove the sausages from the frying pan and keep warm. Wipe the pan clean with kitchen paper. Heat the oil in the frying pan and add the onion, capsicum and minced garlic, stirring occasionally until the onion softens. Add the tomatoes to the frying pan, stirring occasionally until slightly thickened. Stir in the tomato paste, cannellini beans and the sausages. Cook until the mixture is piping hot. Add 4 tbs of water if the mixture becomes a little dry during cooking. Season to taste with cracked black pepper. Serve with mashed potato or steamed rice.