Give breakfast bangers a lift with a tasty bean sauce - it's bound to be a winner

Ingredients

• 500 - 600 grams small breakfast pork sausages
• 1 onion, peeled and chipped
• 1 tblsp oil
• ¼ cup tomato paste
• ½ cup cider
• 400 gram can tomatoes in juice, chopped
• 400 grams canned haricot or cannellini beans, well drained
• 2 tsp brown sugar
• 2 tsp prepared mustard (Dijon is good here)
• 1 tblsp chopped fresh thyme leaves

Method

1. Gently pan-fry the sausages for 10-12 minutes until golden and cooked through.
2. Pan-fry the onion in the oil until soft but not brown. Increase the heat and stir in the tomato paste and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the cider, tomatoes in juice, beans, sugar, mustard and thyme. Stir well.
3. Simmer gently for 3-4 minutes. Serve the hot sausages with the beans.