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selfsufficientish

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Bristol

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 05 6:53 pm Post subject: Baked beans
One of the few things I still have to go to a supermarket for is baked beans. Has anyone every tried to make their own? If so what were the results like?

jema
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 05 8:00 pm Post subject: Re: Baked beans

selfsufficientish wrote:

One of the few things I still have to go to a supermarket for is baked beans. Has anyone every tried to make their own? If so what were the results like?

I have tried making baked bean type recipes, such a Boston Baked Beans out of Hughs meat book, but I can't say I have been over impressed by the results. But then again I suppose commercial baked beans rely on a load of suger.

jema

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 05 12:07 pm Post subject:

This is from Tuscan living (the no going back programme/book) I haven't tried it myself, but it seems to be more basic than the boston baked beans. I'm sure you could tweak it to your taste though, and improvise some of the ingridients.

800g tinned cannellini beans (or 340g dried, soaked overnight)
10 tomatoes, finely chopped (or 800g tinned)
2 leeks or red onions
4 teaspoons of sugar
oil
passata
salt and pepper

put beans, tomatoes, onion, and olive oil into an ovenproof dish. Add passata to cover, add sugar, salt and pepper. Stir, and bake at 160 deg C, for 20 mins, stir again and bake for 30 mins or until tender. You can freeze or bottle them.

selfsufficientish

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Bristol

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 05 2:05 pm Post subject:
sounds good will give it a go next week, cheers.

Gertie

Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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Location: Yorkshire

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 05 2:50 pm Post subject:

I would be interested to know how the baked beans turns out. We buy a few tins for our local supermarket - well "every little helps" - I think the problem being that we all have an idea of what we expect something to taste like, and when it isn't exactly the same we can be disappointed.

Not wishing to bring this post down to gutter level, I have to say that hubby and baked beans don't always get on

Any ideas on how to utilise all 'that' hot air.

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 05 2:56 pm Post subject:
Pretending you've not said that last bit Gertie but ahem, you might want to read Slefsuciitentish's (Andy's) article on thyme, that's all I'm saying...

selfsufficientish

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Posts: 364
Location: Bristol

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 05 3:06 pm Post subject:
and my girlfriend wishes I took my own advice

mrsnesbitt

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Posted: Sun Jan 16, 05 4:56 pm Post subject:
free jacuzzi efect! You'd pay hundreds for one in the shops!

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
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Location: Suffolk

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 05 5:32 pm Post subject:
Yep Gertie send him up the stables to jet-propelled pooh-pick until it's all over!

selfsufficientish

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Bristol

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 05 10:47 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Ok I took my time to get round trying this bu tthe beans are now in soak ready for making baked beans for breakfast. I must ask what is passata and can I use tomato puree? I had a look on ochef.com and there are two recipes for it one is just sived tomatoes and the other involves pork shoulder and stuff.

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 05 11:12 pm Post subject:
I do jet propelled poo pick every morning! Funny, I was thinking today about home made baked beans. Wonder if the beans are easy to grow here. I'd be inclined to make the sauce by itself, boil the beans, put them in sauce, seal up in fridge for a month or two to infuse. With a spot of vinegar too probably.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 05 11:14 pm Post subject:
It's just sieved tomatoes m'dear, the porky one sounds mighty posh Puree will be too strong a taste. The recipe sounds great, i always hated baked beans as a kid, but I'm really tempted to give this one a go. Thanks WW! I wonder what it'd be like with HFW's sieved roasted tomatoes, you know, the garlicky ones

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 05 11:22 pm Post subject: Baked beans
WW, How did the beans turn out?

selfsufficientish

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Bristol

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 05 11:29 pm Post subject:
I don't think he has tried them. I wil let you know tomorrow what thay are like if you want (as long as I remember )

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 05 11:30 pm Post subject:
Cheers Andy

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