Name: Southern ‘Baked’ Beans with Smoked Ham
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 800 g/1 lb 12 oz tinned borlotti beans or pinto beans, drained and rinsed; 1 bone-in smoked gammon hock, about 1.4 kg/3 lb 2 oz; cornbread or cooked American long-grain rice, to serve (optional); chopped parsley leaves, to serve; 2 large garlic cloves, finely chopped; 2 bay leaves, torn; 1 onion, finely chopped; ½ tsp dried chilli flakes, or to taste; 125 g/4½ oz/2/3 cup soft light brown sugar; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 tbsp Vegetable Stock, ready-made stock or water; 2 tsp ground cumin; 400 g/14 oz/scant 12/3 cups tinned chopped tomatoes; 1 tbsp dried thyme

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 20

Appears in

I Love My Slow Cooker

By Beverly LeBlanc

Published 2012

About

Ingredients

1 bone-in smoked gammon hock, about 1.4 kg/3 lb 2 oz

Method

Put the gammon hock in a large saucepan and cover with water. Cover with a lid and bring to the boil over a high heat.

Meanwhile, put the stock, chopped tomatoes, brown sugar, bay leaves, garlic, onion, thyme, cumin and chilli flakes in the slow cooker, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Season with salt and pepper, remembering the gammon might still be salty.

When the gammon water