Canadian Winter Molasses Baked Beans

Canadian Winter Molasses Baked Beans
Ingredients
1 lb dry white pea or navy beans (could not find them so used Cannellini beans 2 pkgs)
2 large onion, chopped
1 can (5.5 oz)tomato paste(optional you can just use more ketchup if no paste)
3/4 cup ketchup
175 mL or 3/4 cup molasses
175 mL or 2 garlic cloves, minced (optional)
2 or 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
60 mL or 2 tsp dry mustard if non use american mustard about 1/4 cup
10 mL or 1/2 tsp salt
2 mL or 1/2 tsp black pepper


* do not add extra molasses: it will make the beans hard instead of tender

Instructions
Rinse beans and soak overnight in water. Drain.

Place beans in a large pot, cover with water and bring to a boil.
I add 1 tablespoon of baking soda in this ... you will have to skim the foam off as its cooking and discard . Simmer for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse beans.

Transfer the beans to a large pot and add onion, tomato paste, ketchup, molasses, garlic, sugar, dry mustard, salt and pepper and add enough water to completely cover them (about 6 cups). Set the temperature to LOW (150)and cook covered for 10 to 12 hours (or until skins split and beans are tender). I do this overnight... woke up from the smell yummy at 6:00 and added more liquid.

please send me an email if you make them and tell me how it goes.
Easy and cheap meal I end up sharing them out and freezing some.

Home made Baked Beens

 
 
 

Here are some home made baked beans I made last night into this morning.
You cook them all night on low ... look yummy eh?

Snowdrops

 
 
 
 

Here are some close ups of the snowdrops some you can still see the dew on them and this was about noon time today.
A nice looking tree that they did shaped is in the churchyard.

Sunday walk

 
 
 
 

We went for a walk today to see some of the flowers that are coming up here in england
There are snowdrops and some primula and daffodils ... funny how many snowdrops were in the churchyard.