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Boston Baked Beans

Name: Boston Baked Beans
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 4 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500g dried navy beans, soaked overnight; 200g bacon, cut into lardons; 1 large onion, diced; 3 tbsp molasses; 3 tbsp brown sugar; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tbsp Dijon mustard; 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce; 1/2 tsp black pepper; water to cover

Navy beans slow-baked for hours in a rich sauce of molasses, brown sugar and bacon until deeply savoury-sweet and tender, a New England tradition worth the wait.

Total time

290 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

270 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

500gdried navy beans, soaked overnight

200gbacon, cut into lardons

1large onion, diced

3 tbspmolasses

3 tbspbrown sugar

2 tbsptomato paste

1 tbspDijon mustard

1 tspWorcestershire sauce

1/2 tspblack pepper

waterto cover

Instructions

Drain soaked beans and simmer in fresh water 1 hour until just tender. Drain, reserving liquid.

Fry bacon until golden. Add onion and cook 5 minutes.

Combine beans, bacon, onion, molasses, brown sugar, tomato paste, mustard and Worcestershire in a Dutch oven. Add just enough reserved bean liquid to cover.

Cover and bake at 150°C for 4 hours, adding more liquid if needed.

Remove lid for the last 30 minutes to thicken. Season.