Caribbean Baked Beans Recipes

Steps:

• Cook beans until just done and place into a casserole dish with the cooking liquid. In a non reactive pot, saute onions, peppers, celery and thyme for about 4-5 min. Add garlic and ginger and continue to cook, until you really smell them. Add spice mix and coat well, then add Dijon, molasses, tomatoes and salt, cook until just starting to simmer. Combine these ingredients with the cooked beans and liquid in the casserole dish, cover and bake in a 350 oven for 90 min.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a 2 quart shallow casserole dish.
• Bake at 375 degrees, uncovered until dish is heated through.
• (About 25 minutes).

Steps:

• Sauté the onions and garlic in olive oil until barely soft.
• Add the spices and sauté until very soft.
• Stir in the beans and orange juice and sauté for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent burning.
• Mash a few of the beans with a fork or the back of a spoon. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Adjust the consistency to your liking by adding orange juice or mashing more beans. You can also blend the beans with additional orange juice to make an excellent bean dip!

Steps:

• Soak the dry beans in the first measure of water overnight.
• Stud the onion with the whole cloves.
• Soak the salt pork in water to cover for 2 hours.
• Drain the beans. Place them in a large kettle. Add water to reach 2" above the beans. Add the salt. Bring to a boil.
• Lower the heat. Simmer until the beans are barely tender (30-40 minutes). Drain well.
• Preheat the oven to 250x.
• Place the clove-studded onion in the center of an earthenware casserole. Cover with half the beans (form a layer). Add half the salt pork (in a layer). Add the remaining beans (in a layer). Top with the remaining salt pork (in a layer).
• Combine the sugar, rum, mustard, pepper and thyme. Add to the beans.
• Add boiling water to barely cover. Cover the casserole tightly.
• Bake until tender (4-5 hours), adding boiling water as needed to keep the beans moist. Uncover.
• Cook 30 minutes longer - do not add any more water. Serve hot.