Beans With Smoked Pork Hock

Ingredients

400 grams beans

1 gram small smoked pork hock, around 1000

1 large onion, sliced

1 clove garlic, crushed

Soak beans the night before.

Wash the smoked pork hock, remove skin.

Place onion and meat in a large pan.

Add beans, bay leaf and garlic.

Cover beans and meat with water.

Crumble in the vegetable cube.

Cook beans and meat for about 60 minutes on low heat, covered.

Chop the carrots and celery in a blender, add to the meat and beans 15 minutes before the end of cooking. Stir.

Remove the cooked pork hock from the beans, tear into smaller pieces. Remove the bay leaf. Add salt and pepper as needed.

Serve beans with small pieces of meat and black bread.

Beans with smoked pork hock is a traditional Croatian winter dish.

Sunday, February 6, 2011 - 7:22am