| Old Fashioned Baked Lima Beans
1/4 pound of sliced smoked turkey, cooked
1 cup of large dried lima beans
2 quarts of boiling water
1 bay leaf
2 sprigs celery leaves
5 sprigs parsley
1/3 cup of sorghum molasses
1/4 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons of dry mustard
2 teaspoons of salt
1/8 teaspoon of pepper
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 cup of sherry wine |
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Rinse lima beans. Add to boiling water in large saucepan. Boil 2 minutes. Cover. Let stand 1 hour. Tie together bay leaf, celery leaves and parsley. Add to lima beans. Boil 1 hour. Drain lima beans, reserving 1 1/2 cups liquid. Heat oven to 250ºF. Arrange drained lima beans and sliced turkey in layers in 2-quart baking dish with slices of pork on top. Combine molasses, brown sugar, dry mustard, salt, pepper and onion with 1 1/2 cups liquid from lima beans. Pour over lima beans. Cover. Bake at 250ºF. for 2 1/2 hours. Remove the cover. Pour sherry over lima beans. Bake 1 hour. 8 servings. |
