Home made Baked beans
5 pounds (80 oz) baked beans
- Tomato sauce:
- 3 large onions – very finely chopped
- ½ bulb of garlic – roughly minced
- ½ C olive oil
- 3 C tomato puree or ketchup
- 1 C molasses
- 1 C lemon juice
- 1 TBL vegetable stock powder
- 32 oz apple juice
- 16 oz water
- 1/2 C soft brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cracked pepper
- 1 level tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves (or 8 whole cloves)
- 3 tsp cinnamon
- 4 tsp dried dill
- 5 bay leaves
- ½ C tamari sauce
- 1 LB of cooked bacon :: added during the cooking process.
- Fry onions and garlic until soft, then add all the other ingredients.
- Cover with a lid, bring to boil, then simmer for 90 minutes on a low heat.
- Stir from time to time. If it becomes too thick, add more apple juice.
- You want to end up with a thick sauce which will bind the beans together.
- After the cooking have a taste – add more salt or sugar if necessary.
- Add the canned beans last.
- Stir into the sauce
- Simmer 30 minutes.
Alternate for Step 8: Put into a large flat baking pan, sprinkle with brown sugar, and bake for 30 minutes
