Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 100 g onions (1 medium onion chopped finely)
  • 3 minced garlic cloves
  • 500 g passata
  • 400 g plum tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons tomato puree
  • 300 g butternut squash (1 medium size peeled and chopped into 1 inch chunks)
  • 2 teaspoons mustard
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 400 g haricot beans
  • 1 tablespoon caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon sage
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 teaspoon mixed spice
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Method

  • Preheat oven to gas mark 4.
  • Heat the oil in your oven and hob proof pot and add the onions fry until soft and going a little brown
  • add the garlic the beans and the squash and herbs and spices and stir
  • add the passata and the chopped tomatoes crush the tomatoes a little with the back of a spoon put the lid on and bake at 4 for about an hour until thick gloopy and warm. If using dumplings of any kind add half hour before cooking time and cook uncovered until crispy on top.
  • serve on its own with vegi sausages or banked potatoes and cheese yum yum.