Boston Baked Beans Recipe

How to make it

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• Bring 2 quarts water to a boil in a large pan over high heat.
• Add the beans and boil for 2 minutes.
• Water should cover the beans by at least 2 inches; add more if necessary.
• Turn off the heat and let the beans soak for 1 hour.
• Add the peeled onion and 1 teaspoon salt, and bring to a boil again.
• Reduce the heat to low and simmer partially covered for 1 to 2 hours, until the beans are tender.
• The water should always cover the beans.
• Add more water if necessary. Drain the beans, reserving the liquid, and pick out and discard the onion.
• Add more water to the cooking liquid, if necessary, to make 2 quarts.
• In a deep bowl mix the molasses, 1/2 cup of the brown sugar, the mustard, 1 tablespoon salt, and pepper, the beans and the reserved cooking liquid and stir gently to thoroughly combine all the ingredients.
• Place the clove studded onions in the bottom of a 4 to 5 quart oven-proof baking dish and pour the bean mixture over them.
• Score the salt pork by cutting diagonal, crisscrossing slits about 1/2 inch deep through the fatty side.
• Push the salt pork into the beans.
• Cover the pot tightly and bake in the middle of a 200F oven for 6 hours.
• Then remove the lid and sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar evenly over the top and bake uncovered for an additional hour.