Sausage and bean stew is perfect weekend comfort food but it works just as well served up at a dinner party! It can be made all in one pot so you can sit back and relax!
Preheat the oven to 200°C. Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in an oven proof casserole dish over a medium heat. Add the shallots and cook for 5 minutes. Add the garlic, carrot and celery and cook for another 5 minutes until everything is beginning to soften. Then pop the sausages and sprigs of rosemary into the pot and cook until the sausages are browned all over.
Add the wine and simmer until the liquid has nearly all gone then add the tomatoes, stock and beans and simmer for 20 minutes. Sprinkle the panko over the top of the casserole and place in the oven. Cook for 10-15 minutes until the breadcrumbs have browned. Serve.