Southern ‘Baked’ Beans with Smoked Ham

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; 2 tsp ground cumin; 125 g/4½ oz/2/3 cup soft light brown sugar; chopped parsley leaves, to serve; 2 bay leaves, torn; 4 tbsp Vegetable Stock, ready-made stock or water; ½ tsp dried chilli flakes, or to taste; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 large garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 bone-in smoked gammon hock, about 1.4 kg/3 lb 2 oz; cornbread or cooked American long-grain rice, to serve (optional); 1 onion, finely chopped; 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

Main course
Gluten-free

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