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Side Dish · Montserrat Recipe

Beans with Rum

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 pound dry beans
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1 carrot, sliced
  • 4 ounces bacon or ham, cut in fine pieces
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup rum

Directions

  1. Soak beans overnight in cold water. Drain and add all ingredients
  2. except rum.
  3. Add boiling water to cover and until skins start to burst.
  4. Pour beans into a baking dish, add rum, cover, and bake in a slow oven for about 2 and 1/2 hours.