New England Baked Beans

Glen Mayville & Lester Blumenthal

Route 7 Grill, www.route7grill.com, Great Barrington, MA

Ingredients:

• 4 cups Great Northern Beans (soak overnight)
• 3 large onion, roughly diced
• ½ pound bacon, cut into squares
• 1 quart cider vinegar
• 1 quart molasses
• 2 cups ketchup
• 1 Tbsp chopped garlic
• 4 Tbsp dried mustard powder
• 2 Tbsp salt
• 1 Tbsp celery seed
• 1 Tbsp mustard seed
• 1 Tbsp black pepper
• 1 ½ cup dark brown sugar

Method:

Cook beans in water until tender, about 1 hour. Drain the beans.
In a large baking dish, mix beans with the remaining ingredients. Bake at 350 for 7 hours.