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     Title: Red Beans and Rice with Smoked Sausage
Categories: Meats, Sausages, Rice/grains, Beans
     Yield: 4 servings

     1 lb Dried red beans                     1 ea Garlic clove chopped
 1 1/2 lb Smoked sausage cut                  1 ts Dried thyme
     1 x  Into chunks                         1 ts Ground pepper
     8 oz Smoked ham shanks                 1/2 ts Sage
     1 ea Large onion chopped                 1 pn Cayenne pepper
     1 x  Salt                                1 x  Freshly cooked rice

 Place beans in Dutch oven and cover generously with water.   Let soak 30
 minutes. Add remaining ingredients to beans except salt and rice. Bring to
 boil over  medium  high heat.   Reduce heat to medium low, cover and simmer
 until  beans  are tender,  adding more water if necessary (about 2 1/2
 hours).   Add  salt  to  taste.   Discard ham
  bones.   Remove  about  3 tablespoons  of  beans from mixture and mash to
 paste;  return to  Dutch oven and stir.  Simmer 15 more minutes. Serve over
 hot rice.

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