Black Bean Puree

Ingredients

• 2 cups black beans
• 1| teaspoons salt
• 8 cups water
• 6 cloves
• 4 tablespoons chopped pork
• 3 tablespoons chopped onion
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 hard-cooked egg
• 1 lemon sliced

Method

1. 1

   Soak beans overnight, drain, add water, and cook until tender — four or five hours.

2. 2

   Press through a sieve; cook pork in a frying pan; add onion, cook five minutes; add bean mixture; melt butter; add flour and seasonings; combine mixtures; strain.

3. 3

   Garnish with egg cut in slices and lemon.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lowney's cook book (1907) by Maria Willett Howard, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Black Bean Puree 2 cups black beans 1| teaspoons salt 8 cups water 6 cloves 4 tablespoons chopped pork ^ teaspoon mustard 3 tablespoons chopped onion 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 hard-cooked egg 1 lemon sliced

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