Receta Apple Cider Baked Beans
Ingredientes
- Black and Brown Beans: Black/turtle beans are popular in Cuban cooking and bean salads
- Swedish Brown Beans: Swedes use brown beans in their version of Boston Baked Beans
- Red and Pink Beans:
- Red Kidney Beans: Are popular in chili
- Pink/Chili Beans: Smaller and paler than kidney beans
- Pinto Beans: Popular in chili and baked beans
- Adzuki Beans: Tiny and reddish brown. Popular in Asia, are often cooked with sugar for desserts
- White Beans:
- Cannellini/White Kidney Beans: Creamy texture, popular in white chili, salads and Tuscan soup
- Cranberry/Borlotti Beans: Looks more like a pinto bean but tastes like a white bean
- Great Northern Beans: Firm flesh, used in baked beans and soups
- Navy Beans: Small and oval, popular in baked beans and soups
- Chickpeas/Garbanzo Beans/Ceci Beans: Key ingredient in hummus and popular in salads
- Pale Green Beans:
- Fava/Broad Beans: Large and flat, common in Middle Eastern soups and dips
- Lima/Butter Beans: Large and flat, called Lima when fresh and Butter when dried
- Flageolets: Small green, delicate, delicious. Called French kidney beans
- Multi-Color Beans:
- Black-Eyed Peas/Cowpeas/Field Peas/Lady Peas: Small, pale green or white, with a dark "eye" Southerners simmer them with ham hocks and collard greens
- 6 cups water
- 1 1/2 cups great Northern beans, soaked
- 1 large yellow onion, chopped
- 4 strips bacon, cooked until crisp or
- 1/2 cup smoked cooked ham, chopped
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1 T dry mustard
- 1/4 t each salt and pepper
- 1 cup apple cider or more
- Soak beans:
- Place dried beans in a large saucepan or Dutch oven
- Add enough cold water to cover the beans
- Add 1 T of salt to water and beans
- Stir, cover the pan
- Let stand at room temperature at least 8 hours or overnight
- Drain water and rinse beans, drain again
- In a large soup pot
- Combine 6 cups of water and soaked beans
- Bring to a boil
- Lower the heat and simmer, uncovered
- 2 hours or until beans are tender
- Drain beans, reserving 1/2 cup liquid
- Preheat oven to 325 F
- In a 2-quart casserole or bean pot, combine cooked beans, onion and bacon or ham
- Stir in 1/2 cup apple cider, brown sugar, molasses, ketchup, dry mustard, salt and pepper
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