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Crockpot Sausage and White Bean Cassoulet

A slow cooker dish of smoked turkey sausage, white beans, tomatoes, and vegetables, topped with breadcrumbs and Parmesan.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Crockpot Sausage and White Bean Cassoulet

Time8 hours

Ingredients

Directions

Make the cassoulet

  1. Combine the first 11 ingredients in a 5‑quart slow cooker.

  2. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or until the vegetables are tender.

  3. Remove and discard the bay leaf.

Finish and serve

  1. Stir in the breadcrumbs.

  2. Sprinkle each serving with Parmesan cheese before serving.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1079Calories
84 gProtein
27 gFat
121 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Beans + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,713 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Carrot + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Great northern beans
Provide the creamy, starchy body that makes up most of the cassoulet.
Diced tomatoes
Add acidity and liquid that gently break down during the long cooking.
Smoked turkey sausage
Adds savory, smoky flavor and meaty texture to the dish.
Carrots
Soften over the long cook and add gentle sweetness.
Breadcrumbs
Stirred in at the end to add body and help thicken the liquid.
Parmesan cheese
Adds salty, savory flavor and a sharp finish when sprinkled on top.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, tomato, turkey, carrot, onion, garlic, thyme):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Marjoramfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, tomato, turkey, carrot, onion, garlic, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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