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Italian Sausage with Giant White Beans and Radicchio

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Italian Sausage with Giant White Beans and RadicchioCookbook cover image courtesy of Random House

If you've made another recipe that called for Garlic Mayonnaise and happen to have some left over in the refrigerator, a dollop of it on the plate makes a delicious addition to this hearty, rustic dish.

Ingredients

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra as needed
4 sweet or spicy Italian pork sausages (preferably flavored with fennel; about 3/4 pound)
16 large whole radicchio leaves
16 small jarred onions, quartered (about 4 ounces or 1 cup)
2 large garlic cloves, grated or minced (about 2 teaspoons)
Kosher salt
2 15-ounce cans giant white beans, rinsed and drained (about 3 cups)
1 cup vegetable or chicken broth
1 heaping tablespoon finely chopped fresh oregano leaves
High-quality extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat for 2 to 3 minutes, until the oil's almost smoking (you will begin to smell the oil at that point).

    Step 2

    Add the sausages and cook, turning them often for even browning, for about 10 minutes, until they're browned all over but not cooked through.

    Step 3

    Move the sausages to the side of the skillet to continue to cook while you sear the radicchio.

    Step 4

    Put a couple of radicchio leaves in the skillet in a single layer and cook them for about 45 seconds on each side, until they're seared and wilted slightly.

    Step 5

    Remove the leaves to a plate and cook the remaining leaves in the same way, adding a bit more oil to the pan if it's dry.

    Step 6

    While you sear the radicchio leaves, continue to cook and turn the sausages for another 10 minutes, until they're cooked through, and transfer them to a plate when they're done.

    Step 7

    Add a bit more olive oil if necessary to coat the skillet.

    Step 8

    Add the onions, garlic, and a pinch of kosher salt and sauté for about 1 1/2 minutes, until the onions are soft and the garlic is soft and fragrant, stirring constantly so the garlic doesn't brown. Reduce the heat to medium, add the beans and broth, and simmer them until the liquid is reduced by half, about 5 minutes.

    Step 9

    Stir in the oregano and season with kosher salt.

    Step 10

    Arrange four radicchio leaves in a clover pattern on each of four plates.

    Step 11

    Spoon the beans over the radicchio, dividing them evenly, and drizzle them with the sauce left in the skillet.

    Step 12

    Cut the sausages in half at an angle and place the two pieces of each sausage side by side on each plate.

    Step 13

    Top with a dollop of Garlic Mayonnaise, if you are using it, and drizzle the sausage and beans with the high-quality olive oil.

From A Twist of the Wrist by Nancy Silverton Copyright (c) 2007 by Nancy Silverton Published by Knopf. Nancy Silverton and her husband, Mark Peel, own and operate Campanile Restaurant and the La Brea Bakery in Los Angeles. She is the author of Nancy Silverton’s Pastries from the La Brea Bakery (nominated for Julia Child and James Beard Awards) and Desserts. She lives in Los Angeles. Carolynn Carreño is a James Beard Award–winning journalist and the coauthor of 100 Ways to Be Pasta, Once Upon a Tart, and A Twist of the Wrist. She lives in Los Angeles and New York.
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