FèVES AU LARD (TRADITIONAL QUEBEC NAVY BEANS)
Here is a quick version of this traditional recipe. Normally, these beans are baked for hours in a stoneware pot, but using a pressure cooker is a great way to speed up the process, saving not only time but also a lot of electricity! (Unless you're in winter and the heat from the oven makes you save on the heating bill.) The Prep Time includes the soaking of the beans, and the Cook Time includes the depressurizing of the cooker. You can double the recipe, and it freezes and thaws very well. Serving size is for a main dish, maybe use a half or a third of the portion size for a side dish.
Provided by Elie de Combys
Categories Breakfast
Time 19h
Yield 3 pounds, 5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Put the beans and water into a jar with a lid for 18 hours (counting the cooking time, that's 5 hours later than you want to be eating them the next day, so if you want your beans at 5 pm on Tuesday, soak them at 10 pm on Monday. It's ok to give or take a couple hours, but I'd rather give than take.).
- When the 18 hours are almost up, finely dice the fatback, discarding the skin, and dice the onion.
- Put the diced fatback in the pressure cooker, lid off, and cook it on medium heat until it starts to sizzle.
- While you're waiting for it to sizzle, drain the beans, reserving the water.
- Also, mix together the molasses, ketchup, mustard and savory in a small bowl, adding a little bean water so it can pour easily.
- When the fatback sizzles, stir it a little and add the beans.
- Then, add the onion, about half of the water and the condiments and stir well.
- Add more bean water just until it covers the beans, using it to rinse the remaining condiments from the small bowl if necessary.
- Put the lid on (with the high pressure valve, not the one for vegetables), put on high heat until steam comes out and reduce the heat to the lowest you can without stopping the whistling sound (for me it's a little lower than medium).
- Cook that way for 40 minutes, take the cooker off the heat and wait at least 20 minutes before opening it.
- Troubleshooting and tips : if there's a significant amount of liquid left on the bottom of the cooker, stir the beans, screw the lid back, put on high heat, let the pressure build and take off the stove as soon as it whistles. Then, wait 10 minutes before opening.
- Also, beans are at their best when reheated. Once refrigerated, always stir them well before serving the first leftover portion, so as to distribute the sauce that will have settled to the bottom and hardened.
FèVES AU LARD (BAKED BEANS)
Added this recipe for the Culinary Quest 2015 on Food Friends and Fun.
Provided by Lynn Clay
Categories Casseroles
Time 8h45m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. Strain and rinse the beans.
- 2. Add the beans to a pot with 5 cups of water.
- 3. Boil for thirty minutes
- 4. Transfer the beans and water to an ovenproof casserole
- 5. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and bake in a 250ºF oven for 7-8 hours.
MAPLE BAKED BEANS
Categories Bean Onion Pork Side Bake Fall Maple Syrup Gourmet Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Quick-soak beans:
- Cover beans with water by 2 inches in a 4-quart heavy pot and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let stand, uncovered, 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 300°F.
- Drain beans and put in a 3-quart wide shallow pot or flameproof baking dish along with remaining ingredients, stirring to combine. Bring to a boil on top of stove, then cover tightly and bake in middle of oven until beans are just tender, about 2 hours. Uncover and bake until most of liquid is absorbed and top is slightly crusty, 1 to 1 1/2 hours more.
BAKED BEANS
Fèves au Lard These beans boast two staples of Montreal cuisine -sweet maple syrup and rich salt pork.
Categories Bean Garlic Mustard Pork Side Bake Bacon Fall Winter Potluck Maple Syrup Gourmet Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Makes 8 side-dish servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Pick over and rinse 1 lb dried navy beans (2 1/4 cups). Soak in cold water to cover by 2 inches at least 8 hours. Alternatively, quick-soak beans (see cooks' note, below). Drain.
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Rinse and pat dry 1 (1/4-lb) piece salt pork (rind discarded), then cut into 3 pieces.
- Put beans and pork in an ovenproof 3-quart heavy pot with a lid. Add 4 1/2 cups water, 1 large onion (finely chopped; about 2 cups), 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1/2 cup Grade B maple syrup, 1 tablespoon dry English mustard (preferably Colman's), and 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper and stir to combine. Cover pot and bake until beans are just tender, 3 to 4 hours.
- Reduce oven temperature to 325°F. Remove lid. Bake beans, stirring occasionally, until most of liquid is absorbed but beans are still saucy, 1 to 1 1/2 hours more. Remove from oven. Stir in 1 tablespoon cider vinegar and 1 teaspoon salt or more to taste.
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