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Maple Baked Beans

3.6

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 6

Ingredients

2 cups dried navy beans, picked over and rinsed
1 onion, chopped
1 large garlic clove, chopped fine
1/2 pound bacon, chopped
8 cups water
1/2 cup Grade B maple syrup (or Grade A maple syrup flavored with 3 drops maple extract, or to taste)
1 teaspoon English-style dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon paprika

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In a 7 1/2-quart ovenproof heavy kettle measuring about 12 inches across combine beans, onion, garlic, bacon, and water and simmer, covered partially, 1 hour. Ladle out and reserve 1/2 cup cooking liquid.

    Step 2

    Preheat oven to 300°F.

    Step 3

    In a bowl stir together reserved cooking liquid, maple syrup, mustard, and paprika until combined well and stir into bean mixture with enough additional water to just cover beans.

    Step 4

    Bake beans, covered, adding water at hourly intervals to keep mixture just covered, 5 hours.

TagsAmericanNavy BeanBean and LegumeVegetableOnionRoot VegetableGarlicBaconCured MeatMeatSideDinnerDairy FreeGluten FreeNut FreeEasyGourmet
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