American Pork and Beans

Name: American Pork and Beans
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons black treacle; 2 tablespoons tomato puree; 1 teaspoon dried English mustard; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; salt and pepper; 1 teaspoon chopped fresh sage; salt and pepper; 450 g/1 lb dried haricot beans; 225 g/8 oz salt pork or streaky bacon in 1 piece; 225 g/8 oz salt pork or streaky bacon in 1 piece; 1 large mild onion, sliced; 225 g/8 oz fresh belly of pork

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking for Friends

By Prue Leith

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

450 g/1 lb dried haricot beans
225 g/8

Americas
United States
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Soak the haricot beans overnight but do not throw away the water, Soak the salt pork or bacon piece overnight if it is home-cured or very salty -otherwise don’t bother.

Cut the pork and the bacon into 2.5-cm/1-inch cubes, discarding the rind. In a large casserole combine all the ingredients, including the water in which the beans were soaked. Season well and top up with more water if ne