Maine Baked Beans
By
Melody U.
@ElfiePoo
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While teaching in a one room schoolhouse off the coast of Maine, I became good friends with one of the lobster fisherman's wife. She passed on her version of baked beans. I serve it with either homemade steamed brown bread or cornbread (have posted both recipes). This is a favorite Saturday night meal along with apple pie for dessert.
Ingredients
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1 lbdried beans (jacob's cattle beans are the best)
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1 mediumonion, quartered
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1/4 lbsalt pork
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2 Tbspsugar
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1/2 cdark molasses
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1 tspdry mustard
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1/4 tsppepper
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3/4 Tbspsalt
How to Make Maine Baked Beans
- Rinse beans and pick over to make sure there are no stones. Place in large bowl and cover with water (at least 1" above beans). Let sit overnight.
- In morning, parboil the beans until the skins crack when blown upon (maybe 10-15 minutes).
- Cut onion into quarters and place in bottom of bean pot or a 4 quart casserole. Drain beans and pour over onion. Slice salt pork and lay on top of beans.
- Mix sugar, molasses, mustard, pepper and salt with 2 cups of boiling water. Pour over pork and beans. If necessary, add more boiling water until beans are covered.
- Bake, covered at 300 deg F for 6 hours, adding more boiling water as the beans cook (if necessary.
- Serve with steamed brown bread or corn bread.
NOTE: Beans can be cooked in crockpot but will be a bit more soupy. Not a bad thing. Just different.
BEANS: Jacob's cattle beans are the best and I usually order 10# at a time online. They're worth it. May also use kidney beans, red beans or navy beans (my least favorite).
About Maine Baked Beans
Course/Dish: Other Main Dishes Other Side Dishes
Main Ingredient: Beans/Legumes
Regional Style: American
Dietary Needs: Dairy Free
Other Tag: Heirloom
