Pork And Beans
This hearty dish is perfect for winter
Makes enough for: 2 people
Ingredients
- 60 mls olive oil, divided
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 5 mls dried oregano
- 1 dried red chilli
- 1 red pepper, seeded and finely diced
- 125 g sweet paprika sausage, thickly sliced
- 435 g soaked dried black beans
- 1 bay leaf
- 500 mls vegetable stock
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
- 400 g pork neck, cut into bite size pieces
- 60 mls Masala
- 2 ears corn, corn taken off the cob
- 15 mls lime juice
Method
- Place 30mls oil into a large saucepan and heat over a medium temperature
- Add the onion and sauté until soft
- Add the garlic, oregano and chilli and cook for a minute
- Then add the pepper and sausage and cook until the sausage has released some of its oil and is browned
- Add the beans, bay leaf and stock and season well
- Increase the temperature and bring to the boil
- Cover, reduce the temperature and simmer for 2 hours
- Place the remainder of the oil into a large frying pan and heat over a medium to high temperature
- Brown the pork neck then add to the beans
- Deglaze the pan with the masala, then tip it into the beans
- Simmer with the lid off for 1 hour
- Add the corn and the lime juice and increase the temperature
- Once hot, adjust the seasoning and serve on a bed of rice