Boston beans, Dad’s way

Name: Boston beans, Dad’s way
Yield: Serves 2-4
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon dried thyme, plus a little extra for the breadcrumbs; 1 bay leaf; 1 heaped tablespoon black treacle; 2 x 400 g cans of baked beans; 1 tablespoon tomato purée; ¼ teaspoon ground cloves (optional); 2 large handfuls of breadcrumbs; 4 medium vine tomatoes, sliced to about 5mm thickness; 8 rashers of smoked streaky bacon, sliced to postage stamp size; 1 large onion, medium diced; 60 g unsalted butter; 1 large clove of garlic, very finely chopped, then smushed with a little salt; flaked sea salt; buttered curly kale, to serve (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
2-4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

What to Eat Next

By Valentine Warner

Published 2014

About

This really reminds me of my dad and how much I miss him. He’d make this for his boys and it always seemed to be when we could sit down and watch The Dukes of Hazzard.

Ingredients

60 g unsalted butter
1 large onion, medium diced
1 teaspoon

Stew
Main course
Supper

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6.
Melt half the butter in a frying pan and sweat the onion with the thyme, bay leaf and ground cloves (if using).