Ingredients:
- 300 g red beans
- 500 g sauerkraut
- 100 g lard
- 2 big potatoes
- 200 g bacon
- 3 tbs flour
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 onion
- cumin bay leaves salt and pepper
Preparation:
Let beans soak overnight. Next morning wash them properly and cook in water together with 3 bay leaves and 100 g bacon. In a pan, fry garlic until golden-brown, add 100 g diced bacon, rinsed sauerkraut and stir in a tablespoon flour to thicken the gravy. Season with cumin, salt and pepper and finish cooking adding a bit of water. After one hour mix in potatoes and let them cook with the beans.
Fry lightly lard and onion in olive oil until golden-brown. Once beans and potatoes are ready, sift half of the mixture and pour it back into the broth. Add the sauerkraut and let cook on a very low heat for two hours.
Pair with:
it is difficult to find a suitable wine, but it is traditionally served with Terrano red wine.