In this video, you’ll see a simple technique for cooking Italian cotechino pork sausage with braised white beans and Swiss chard. First, you’ll braise... See more the sausage whole with the bean dish so the sausage can flavor the beans. Then, you'll slice the sausage into coins and fry them up in olive oil until crispy. Frying the rounds really draws out extra flavor and adds wonderful texture to the sausage. This technique for cooking the sausage works with any braised bean dish: lentils, white beans, whatever you like. Watch the video, then get the recipe for Cotechino and Braised Beans.