1 lb Dried Navy pea beans or yell 6 c Cold water 1 ts Salt 1/4 lb Salt pork 1 Med. onion, peeled 2 ts Dried mustard 1/4 c Molasses 1/3 c Brown sugar 1/3 c Maple syrup
Wash beans and add cold water. Cover and let soak overnight. Add salt to
beans and liquid and simmer gently until tender, about 1 hour. Drain,
reserve liquid. Measure 1-3/4 cup bean liquid, add water if necessary. Cut
a slice from the salt pork and place in the bottom of the bean pot. Add
beans; place the onion in center of the beans. Mix mustard, sugar,
molasses, and maple syrup with bean liquid; pour over beans. Cut 3 gashes
in the remaining salt pork, and place on top of the beans. Rind side up.
Cover and bake 5 to 7 hours in a 300F oven, adding more water as needed.
Remove cover from bean pot the last half hour so pork rind will brown and
become crisp.
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