Monk's Black Beans - (Cuban National Dish)
Ingredients:
10 c water
1 lg green pepper
2/3 c olive oil
4 ts salt
1 lg onion chopped
1/2 ts pepper
4 garlic cloves crushed
1/4 ts oregano
1 lg green pepper chopped
1 bay leaf
1 jar (4 oz) pimientos (chopped)
2 tb sugar
2 tb vinegar
2 tb cooking wine
2 tb olive oil
Soak the beans in the water in which they are to be cooked with one
green pepper overnight. In a skillet fry the finely chopped onion,
pepper and garlic in oil. Pour about one cup of beans in the skillet
and crushed them well. Add this mixture as well as the chopped
pimientos to the pot the with the remaining beans. Add salt, pepper,
bay leaf and sugar and bring to a boil, then simmer covered for about
an hour. Add vinegar, cooking wine and simmer for another hour or
more. If you find the soup to be too liquid simmer them a little
longer uncovered. Prior to serving add 2 tbs. of oil. Serve with
white rice.
makes 8 servings
B-man
