Quick Parmesan Crumb Cassoulet Food

QUICK PARMESAN-CRUMB CASSOULET

Steps:

• Cook carrots and onions in ovenproof Dutch oven or large deep skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium heat 5 min. or until onions are tender, stirring occasionally. Add sausage and 3 Tbsp. dressing; cook 10 min. or until sausage is done, stirring frequently.
• Mash 1/3 of the beans. Add to sausage mixture along with the whole beans and broth; stir. Simmer on medium-low heat 20 min., stirring occasionally.
• Heat broiler. Top cassoulet with combined bread crumbs, cheese and remaining dressing. Broil, 4 inches from heat, 3 to 5 min. or until golden brown.

QUICK CASSOULET

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the carrots, celery, onion, and garlic; cook and stir for a few minutes, until the onion is transparent. Add the sausage to the skillet, and cook for a few more minutes to brown.
• Pour in the kidney beans, cannellini beans and tomatoes, and season with the bay leaves, thyme, salt and pepper. Cover, and reduce the heat to low.
• Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until vegetables are tender.
• Remove bay leaves and discard. Sprinkle parsley over the top, and serve.
• Some good variations - use Herbs de Provence instead of the other herbs listed. Substitute white wine for some of the juice. Great Northern Beans also work instead of cannellini beans.
• Great as leftovers! Serve with bread.

QUICK CASSOULET

Steps:

• In a large, lidded stovetop casserole, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
• Brown the chicken, and remove.
• Brown the sausage.
• Add the chicken, carrots, onion and garlic and saute for 2 additional minutes.
• Drain off the fat.
• Stir in the wine, bay leaf, thyme and pepper.
• Cover and simmer over low heat for 15-20 minutes, or until the chicken is no longer pink.
• Stir in the beans and heat through.
• Sprinkle parsley on top.
• NOTE: Instead of dry red wine, you can substitute 1/2 cup of chicken broth and 1 tbsp of red wine vinegar.

CHEF JOHN'S QUICK CASSOULET

Steps:

• Add bacon to a large, cold oven-ready skillet. Place over medium heat and cook for 10-12 minutes, until almost crisp. Transfer to a bowl, reserving the grease in the pan.
• Stir in sausage slices; cook 3-4 minutes. Add chicken thigh pieces; cook and stir for 5 minutes, until browned. Remove meat to the plate with bacon. Discard all the oil, but don't wipe out the pan.
• Add chopped onion and turn the heat to medium-low; cook and stir for 5 minutes, until the onions are translucent. Add 1 cup of chicken stock.
• Mash about 1/4 of the beans in a small bowl, stir all the beans into the pan.
• Stir in cayenne, rosemary and thyme. Add reserved meat back to the pan. Stir in remaining cup of stock or more if needed to cover. Return to simmer.
• Mix bread crumbs, Parmigiano-Reggiano and melted butter together in a small bowl.
• Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 7 inches from the heat source.
• Sprinkle the cassoulet with half the bread crumb mixture. Place under the broiler and cook about 5 minutes, until browned.
• Remove the pan and push bread crumbs down into the cassoulet. Top with remaining bread crumb mixture. Return to oven and continue broiling 5 more minutes, until browned.
• Turn off the broiler and leave in the oven for 15 minutes. Remove and let sit for 5 minutes. Enjoy.

QUICK CASSOULET

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the carrots, celery, onion, and garlic; cook and stir for a few minutes, until the onion is transparent. Add the sausage to the skillet, and cook for a few more minutes to brown.
• Pour in the kidney beans, cannellini beans and tomatoes, and season with the bay leaves, thyme, salt and pepper. Cover, and reduce the heat to low. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until vegetables are tender.
• Remove bay leaves and discard. Sprinkle parsley over the top, and serve.

CASSOULET

Steps:

• Make cassoulet:
• Cover beans with cold water by 2 inches in a bowl and soak at room temperature at least 8 and up to 24 hours, or quick-soak (see cooks' note, below). Drain well in a colander.
• Make a bouquet garni by wrapping parsley, bay leaf, cloves, peppercorns, and 2 sprigs thyme in cheesecloth and tying with kitchen string, then put in a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot along with pork shoulder and water (4 quarts). Simmer, uncovered, skimming froth occasionally, 1 1/4 hours.
• Add beans, onions, carrot, and chopped garlic and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until beans are just tender, about 45 minutes.
• While beans simmer, put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F. Straddle roasting pan across 2 burners and heat 1 tablespoon oil in roasting pan over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown duck legs, turning occasionally to brown skin and meat all over, about 10 minutes. Transfer duck legs with tongs to a platter as browned.
• Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat from roasting pan, then reduce heat to moderately low and cook halved garlic cloves, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Remove from heat.
• Drain bean and pork mixture in a colander set over a large bowl (discard bouquet garni). Stir salt and pepper into broth in bowl and reserve.
• Spread bean and pork mixture in roasting pan (with garlic halves), then nestle duck legs, skin sides up, in mixture. Add remaining 3 sprigs thyme and 6 cups reserved broth (liquid should come up around base of duck legs; reserve remaining broth, covered and chilled, for reheating if making dish ahead, or for another use). Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes.
• While cassoulet bakes, heat remaining tablespoon oil in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking. If necessary, halve sausage crosswise to fit in skillet, then brown, turning occasionally, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and cool slightly. When sausage is cool enough to handle, halve pieces lengthwise, then cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices.
• Nestle sausage into cassoulet and bake, uncovered, 30 minutes more. Let stand 10 minutes. Gently stir beans, mashing some with back of spoon, to thicken broth before serving.
• Prepare garlic-crumb topping while cassoulet finishes baking:
• Cook garlic in oil in cleaned 10-inch skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add bread crumbs, salt, and pepper and cook, stirring, until crumbs are crisp and golden, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl and stir in parsley.
• Serve cassoulet with crumb topping.

QUICK CHICKEN CASSOULET

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix bread crumbs and 2 tablespoons oil until well combined.
• Pour remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil into a 3-quart ovenproof pan over medium heat. When hot, add shallots, garlic, and carrot and stir occasionally until carrot is tender, about 7 minutes. Add beans, chicken, sausages, tomatoes, herbes de Provence, bay leaf, chicken broth, salt, and pepper; stir until well combined.
• Cover and bake in a 350° regular or convection oven until beans are hot, about 30 minutes; uncover and sprinkle top evenly with bread-crumb mixture. Bake until top is browned and edges are bubbling, about 20 minutes longer.

QUICK CASSOULET

Steps:

• Spray a large skillet with nonstick spray and place over med-high heat.
• Add onion, carrots, celery, and garlic and cook until tender, about 7 minutes.
• Rise chicken, pat dry, and cut into bite-sized pieces.
• Add chicken to skillet and cook & stir until tender, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in remaining ingredients and reduce heat to med-low.
• Cook five minutes, stirring occasionally.

QUICK PORK CASSOULET

Steps:

• In a large skillet cook bacon over med.
• heat until almost crisp.
• Stir in meat, onion, garlic and thyme.
• S& P to taste.
• Cook 4 minutes.
• Add liquid and tomatoes and bring to boil.
• Cook uncovered for 10 minutes or until thickened.
• Add beans during the last 5 minutes or until heated through.