Guernsey Bean Jar

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Apparently this dish is made in traditional earthern wear pots, from the channel islands. This recipe is from www.hubpage.com

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Steps

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Cover your dried beans in cold water in a pan and soak for 24 hours.

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Next day , place some of the soaked beans into the bottom of your casserole dish.

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Dice up your carrots and onions into relatively small pieces.

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Add some of the diced vegetables to the beans already in your dish.

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Place both the pork hock and the beef shin on top of the bean and veg mixture.

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Add the rest of your vegetables and beans on and around the meat in the dish.

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Tie the herbs together and add to the dish along with salt and pepper.

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Add approx a teaspoon of pepper.

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Cover the contents of your casserole with water.

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Do not add the salt until the last hour or so of cooking time or your beans may stay too firm.

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The dish can be cooked on the stove top or in a slow cooker.

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Depending on which method of cooking you have chosen either bring to the boil on a high heat either in the slow cooker or in your oven , before turning the heat right down to very low.

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Allow to cook for an absolute minimum of 10 hours , al.

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Ingredients

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dried haricot beans, pork hocks, beef shank, carrots, salt, pepper, onion, thyme, rosemary, french baguettes