George Lang

Beans as in Somogy

Somogyi Babfőzelék

Preparation info

  • 6 to 8

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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top 1000The Cuisine of Hungary
The Cuisine of Hungary

By George Lang

Published 1982

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Ingredients

  • 1 pound dried white beans
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ½ pound do

Method

  1. Wash beans well and let them soak in water overnight. (If beans are several years old, add a teaspoon of baking soda to the soaking water.)
  2. Add bay leaf and two thirds of the bacon in one chunk to the beans and cook all together for about 1½ hours, till beans are tender