Maple Baked Beans
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| Preheat oven to 300 FPick over and rinse beans removing any lingering stones, then cover in water and soak overnight. Drain beans and combine then in large saucepan with cold water. Simmer until almost tender, about 45 minutes. Drain, reserving cooking liquidHeat bacon in an oven and stovetop proof casserole dish, over medium heat to render the bacon fat. When the bacon begins to caramelize, add the beans, onions and garilc and continue stirring until fully aromatized.
Stir in the maple syrup, ginger, dry mustard, salt, pepper, molasses and tomato juice. Add enough of the reseved cooking liquid to just cover the beans. Cover and bake for approx 3 hours, or until beans are tender. Check the beans periodically throughout cooking, adding more of the reserved cooking liquid if beans begin to dry out Stir vinegar into beans when they are tender and ready to serve |
