During the lengthy excavation of the freezer last week, I discovered a cache of still untouched French sauciforms - notably saucisse de monteliard which is a nice smoked sausage which can be used in salad montebeliard (another day perhaps). Also a lot of potrine fumee and more meguez than could be used in our dull supper the other day. So on went the beans to soak, while I remembered my misgivings about eating pork and beans in the middle of summer - it didn't seem appropriate somehow. However, as it happened, today was one of the coldest days this summer, with a nip of autumn and plenty of rain. So it was the perfect supper.
Pork and beans.
Chop up some bacon/poitrine fumee and fry with two chopped onions and 3-4 cloves of garlic. Add a sprig or two of rosemary and a bay leaf. Then add a couple of slices of belly pork (or more) cubed, let them take a bit of colour, then add sausages, either whole of chopped up. When they have all become acquainted with the heat and each other, stir them a little, then add about some cooked haricot beans (no, not a tin, some that you have soaked and maybe boiled in the pressure cooked (* frugality!)). Then add either a tin of tomatoes/ a tablespoon of tomato concentrate and half a carton of passata, some of the liquid from the beans, lots of salt and pepper, any bits of leftover wine - salt and pepper - then put the lid on and cook slowly for about 2 hours.
To be honest,. I wouldn't say this was the most delicious pork and beans, I frequently do a more US variety, with syrup and mustard and worcester sauce. This is more like a sub-French cassoulet, but without all the duck confit etc. Maybe more rosemary, parsley, some thyme and more tomato. It was good though, we ate it with rice and a green salad with vinaigrette to which I added some left over yoghurt * frugal...
What I ate
Lovely lunch party - cold ham, salads, mango and chili one being particularly memorable, plus some cheese, a piece of ginger cake and some home made lemon ice cream - plus way too much wine!
Pork and beans, rice, green salad, followed by chocolate tart.
Pork and beans.
Chop up some bacon/poitrine fumee and fry with two chopped onions and 3-4 cloves of garlic. Add a sprig or two of rosemary and a bay leaf. Then add a couple of slices of belly pork (or more) cubed, let them take a bit of colour, then add sausages, either whole of chopped up. When they have all become acquainted with the heat and each other, stir them a little, then add about some cooked haricot beans (no, not a tin, some that you have soaked and maybe boiled in the pressure cooked (* frugality!)). Then add either a tin of tomatoes/ a tablespoon of tomato concentrate and half a carton of passata, some of the liquid from the beans, lots of salt and pepper, any bits of leftover wine - salt and pepper - then put the lid on and cook slowly for about 2 hours.
To be honest,. I wouldn't say this was the most delicious pork and beans, I frequently do a more US variety, with syrup and mustard and worcester sauce. This is more like a sub-French cassoulet, but without all the duck confit etc. Maybe more rosemary, parsley, some thyme and more tomato. It was good though, we ate it with rice and a green salad with vinaigrette to which I added some left over yoghurt * frugal...
What I ate
Lovely lunch party - cold ham, salads, mango and chili one being particularly memorable, plus some cheese, a piece of ginger cake and some home made lemon ice cream - plus way too much wine!
Pork and beans, rice, green salad, followed by chocolate tart.
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