White Beans with Sausage

                 White Beans with smoked Brats (Kielbasa)

White Beans with smoked Brats is a hearty comfy food. Goes good on cold days but its also a fast dinner. I usually have cut Parsnips and Celery Root (or greens) in my freezer. Makes it a lot easier
and faster then. This dish is a romanian dish (Fasole cu carnati) and one of the plenty I learned to love while being married to a romanian. 

                                                          What you need:

- 1 liter Water

- 2 Bay leaves

- 2 (or more) smoked Brats (Kielbasa)

- 4 cans of white Butter Beans

- 2 Carrots, chopped

- 1 Parsnip, chopped

- 2 stalk of Celery (or same amount Celery Root)

- 2 cloves Garlic

- 1 TSP Paprika

- Butter, Flour

- Salt


Heat the water with the Bay leave and the Sausage and let it simmer for 15-20 min.. Then add the vegetables and let it simmer for another 30 min.. Then you can add the 4 cans of beans. Empty them in a colander first and rinse them good. Now you may salt the stew to your own taste. In a seperate pan, make a Roux (melt butter and add Flour) and let it fry for a couple of min.. Then you add 1 TSP Paprika Powder and the 2 cloves of minced Garlic. Now add carefully spoon by spoon of the liquid of the stew with the Roux and mix it well to avoid clumps. Once its mixed with a good amount of liquid, you can transfer the whole thing into the stew. Mix it well and let it simmer again. If it is not creamy enough (it should be nice creamy like a gravy), mix water with flour and add it to the stew til you have the desired creaminess. 

Serve it with pickles and slices of Bread. 

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