Easy Vegan Sausage Casserole with Cider

Name: Easy Vegan Sausage Casserole with Cider
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil (plus extra for the sausages if you are frying them, no need if you are air frying or oven baking them); 8 vegan sausages; 1 onion, sliced; 2 cloves garlic, crushed or finely grated; 4 large carrots, halved lengthways and cut into slices (moons); 400g (14oz) tin cannellini beans, drained; 1 teaspoon dried thyme (or a few sprigs of fresh, sprigged); 2 teaspoons dried parsley (or add a handful of fresh parsley chopped at the end); 1 teaspoon paprika; 400ml (1 1/2 cups) cider; 2 vegetable stock cubes; 1 tablespoon plain (all-purpose) flour; Salt & pepper; 2 tablespoons vegan cream