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Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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21 oz Can pork and beans
1 lg Onion -- finely chopped
12 oz Heinz ketchup
1 tb Yellow mustard
1 1/8 c Light brown sugar -- packed
1/8 c Molasses
1/8 c Heinz sweet gherkin pickle
Juice
1 t Apple cider vinegar
Salt -- to taste
Ground black pepper -- to
Taste
1/2 lb Smoked bacon -- thickly
Sliced
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine pork and beans, onion, ketchup, mustard, brown
sugar, molasses, gherkin juice, vinegar, salt, and
pepper to taste in a 2-quart casserole. Top with
strips of bacon in a crisscross pattern. Cover with
aluminum foil. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 1
1/2 hours. Remove foil for last 30 minutes of baking.
Serve hot or cold.
Beans may be prepared up to one day ahead and
refrigerated. Warm in 350 degree oven for no more
than 20 minutes.
Chef's Note: This is a "Dean's Cuisine Recipe" from
Dean Fearing's weekly segments on KDFW-TV in the
Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Dean Fearing is the executive
chef of The Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas.
