Mary Jo’s Boston Baked Beans

Name: Mary Jo’s Boston Baked Beans
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 225g haricot or other small white beans; 1 clove garlic; ¼ tbsp olive oil; 110-150g streaky bacon, smoked if possible and diced into 1cm pieces; 1 small onion chopped; 1 clove garlic chopped; 25g dark brown sugar; ¾ tbsp molasses OR 2 teaspoons of treacle; ¾ tbsp cider vinegar; pinch cayenne; 1 tsp dry mustard; 110g tomato purée (blitzed tinned tomatoes may be used if you don’t have tomato purée in your freezer); salt

Recipe by: Darina Allen

THE very best baked beans you’ll ever taste and such a joy to tuck into on a chilly day.

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Ingredients

225g haricot or other small white beans
1 clove garlic
¼ tbsp olive oil
110-150g streaky bacon, smoked if possible and diced into 1cm pieces
1 small onion chopped
1 clove garlic chopped
25g dark brown sugar
¾ tbsp molasses OR 2 teaspoons of treacle
¾ tbsp cider vinegar
pinch cayenne
1 tsp dry mustard
110g tomato purée (blitzed tinned tomatoes may be used if you don’t have tomato purée in your freezer)
salt