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sickpup

Joined: 19 Jun 2008
Posts: 164
Location: Amble,Northumberland

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 13 9:52 am Post subject: baked beans
Hi, has anyone made baked beans before? i made some yesterday and the flavour is great but the beans are hard, do i need to cook them longer? i cooked them for about 5 hours.

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 6968

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 13 10:01 am Post subject:
We make our own. We soak beans overnight, rinse and cook for about 1 hour or until soft. We then use home-made concentrated tomato sauce, with mace, pepper, stock cube and a touch of brown sugar. Simmer for 30 mins until sauce thickens.

sickpup

Joined: 19 Jun 2008
Posts: 164
Location: Amble,Northumberland

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 13 10:24 am Post subject:
yeah i soaked them overnight, the recipe i used said bring them to the boil then simmer gently for 4-5 hours.

Jb

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 7761
Location: 91ï¿½ N

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 13 10:28 am Post subject:
I made them once and decided that it was one of those things that wasn't worth the effort. Yes they were much better but a large part of the point of baked beans is that they are a store cupboard standby.

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 6968

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 13 11:12 am Post subject:

sickpup wrote:

yeah i soaked them overnight, the recipe i used said bring them to the boil then simmer gently for 4-5 hours.

That's one hard bean.... Do you add salt into the cooking? Salt can make beans go rather tough during cooking. We boil then leave to stand - adding required amount of salt at the end and let them finish absorbing fluid (usually about an hour or so).

Luath

Joined: 03 Dec 2009
Posts: 761

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 13 11:34 am Post subject:
Blob of treacle and/or Worcester sauce too

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 13 11:38 am Post subject:
I reckon that you've got old stale beans. Sometimes they just won't soften no matter how long you cook them. That or you've accidentally used those china ones for blind baking.

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