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Vegetarian Cassoulet
Serving Size: 8

16 ounces dried garbanzo beans
3 quarts water
3 tablespoons garlic — minced (divided)
1 bay leaf
1/4 cup butter or margarine
8 ounces fresh mushrooms
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary — crushed
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1cup dry white wine
3 tablespoons tomato paste
6 turnips, peeled — cut into fourths
4 large red potatoes, peeled — cut into fourths
1 rutabaga, peeled — cut into 1” pieces
2 onions — cut into eighths
6 carrots — cut into 2” pieces
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/4 cup oliveoil
2 x 14.5 oz cans vegetable broth
1/2 cup fine dry breadcrumbs

Sort and wash the garbanzo beans; place in a 6-quart Dutch oven.
Cover with water 2 inches above the beans; let stand 8 hours or overnight.
Drain.

Add 3 quarts of water, 1 tablespoon minced garlic, and bay leaf.
Cook over medium high heat for 2 hours or until beans are tender.
Remove and discard bay leaf.
Set beans aside.

Melt butter or margarine in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add 1 tablespoon of garlic, mushrooms, and next 3 ingredients.
Cook, stirring constantly, 5 minutes.

Add wine and tomato paste, cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes.
Add to beans.

Combine remaining 1 tablespoon minced garlic, turnips, and next 7 ingredients.
Spread into an aluminum foil lined roasting pan.
Bake at 500 degrees F for 20 minutes, stirring once.

Spoon roasted vegetables over beans in Dutch oven, pour broth over vegetables.
Sprinkle with dry breadcrumbs.
Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours or until vegetables are tender.

NOTES : Once the beans are cooked, the cassoulet is halfway done.
To streamline the process, cook the dried beans in a pressure cooker or cook them overnight in a slow cooker.
You could also cook the beans a day ahead and then prepare and assemble the remaining ingredients the following day.