Tom Kerridge sausage and beans casserole with pesto topping recipe on Food and Drink

Tom Kerridge serves up sausage and beans casserole with pesto topping in quick time on Food and Drink.

Tom says: “This comforting casserole is ready in no time, and the crusty topping and zingy pesto add gourmet pizzazz.”

The ingredients for the casserole are: 3-4 tbsp vegetable oil, 150g streaky bacon, roughly chopped, 8 good-quality Lincolnshire or Cumberland sausages, 1 onion, chopped, 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped, 1 carrot, chopped, 1 celery stalk, trimmed, diced, 2 x 400g tins butter beans, drained, 100ml white wine vinegar, 50g caster sugar, 100ml dry white wine, 400ml hot chicken stock and 2 bay leaves.