Bobs Baked Beans

• 250 grams Dried Beans
• 100 grams Streaky Bacon or Italian Pancetta
• 1 onion
• 2 clove of garlic(finely diced)
• 250 grams Tinned tomatoes (or fresh if you have the patients to peel them)
• 25 grams Tomato Puree
• 25 ml Your favorite prepared hot sauce. I like Nandos Piri Piri. (But I just nuts) It mellows out with long slow cooking)
• 1 Spice bag
• 1/4 tsp Corriander seeds
• 1/4 tsp Cumin Seeds
• 1/4 tsp Fennel Seeds
• 1/4 tsp Caraway Seeds
• 1/4 tsp Chili Flakes
• 1 Star Anise
• 1 Bay Leaf

1. Soak the beans in a bowl of cold water for at least 8 hours (overnight is best)
2. Rinse the beans and add to a pan of cold water with the spice bag.
3. (do not add salt as it make the beans skin tough and unpalatable)
4. Bring to the boil, skimming the foam of the top of the water as it comes to the boil
5. Reduce the heat, cover the pan and simmer for 30 minutes.
6. Drain the beans
7. Slice the onion into rings
8. In a bowl mix the tomatoes, hot sauce, tomato puree and Garlic
9. You can add more of the hot sauce or the Spices (crushed) to the tomatoes, if you wish.
10. It depends how Brave or Foolish you are.
11. In a 1 litre casserole dish layer the ingredients as follows a.layer of tomato sauce b.onion rings c.bacon d.beans
12. Continue layering until you have a final layer of tomato sauce.
13. Cover the dish with a disk of greaseproof paper and place a lid on the dish.
14. Place the casserole on the middle shelf of the oven at 110 degrees C for 5 hours (low and Slow is the key)
15. Great on toast or a side dish with Cottage pie

beans, bacon, onion, tomatoes, tomato puree, favorite prepared hot sauce, cumin, fennel seeds, caraway seeds, anise, bay leaf

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/344190-bobs-baked-beans (may not work)