Bonza Baked Beans
Bonza Baked Beans
2014-11-19 14:20:52
These baked beans are a variation of The Nourishing Traditions recipe. The important part of this recipe is pre-soaking the beans before cooking to make them more digestible and nutritious.
Pre-Soak
- 4 cups of small white beans (canellini or navy)
- warm filtered water
- 2 tabs whey*
Baked Beans Ingredients
- 4 cups of pre-soaked and cooked navy or canellini beans
- 2 tbs butter
- 2 med onions chopped fine
- 3 cloves of garlic crushed
- 1 cup tomato paste
- 3 tbs Tamari
- 3 tbs of apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 teas salt
- pinch red chile flakes (optional)
- 2-4 cups of chicken or beef bone broth.
Pre-soaking & pre-cooking
- Cover beans with whey and water, cover and sit on bench for 24 hours.
- Drain.
- Place in large pot and cover with water.
- Bring to boil and simmer until beans are soft when pressed between fingers. May take 1-2 hours.
- Drain when cooked.
Baking Baked Beans
- Melt butter in french oven style pot, fry onion and garlic until soft.
- Stir in rest of ingredients including beans.
- Add bone broth to cover beans well and mix in.
- Bake in oven at 180c for about 2 hours.
- Check at 1/2 hour intervals to stir and add water/broth if dry. Sauce will gradually thicken and slightly caramelise.
- When reheating to use beans you may need to add some extra water to get desired consistency.
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