Croatian Baked Beans Casserole Zapeceni Grah Food

CROATIAN BAKED BEANS CASSEROLE ("ZAPECENI GRAH")

Steps:

• Soak beans day before cooking.
• In the morning, cook beans until soft, do not overcook it.
• Slice leek into thin slices across and sauté it on lard until softens. Add flour and some water to make creamy liquid. Add paprika (hot and sweet), stir and add beans. Add water and stir. Cook just until boils. Remove from fire.
• Slice tomato into round slices. Slice Pepper into round slices. Slice pancetta thin.
• Take clay pot and put some this pancetta slices on the bottom. Pour all beans over. On the top arrange tomato slices, pepper slices and over all pancetta slices. Usually, ingredients on the top depends on season: if there is no tomatoes, than no tomatoes. Bake in hot oven on 180°C about 30 minutes, or when you see crusty top.

HUNKY BAKED BEANS CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Fry bacon in skillet and drain.
• Brown ground beef in skillet, season with salt and pepper and drain.
• Combine bacon and hamburger with remaining ingredients in casserole dish.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

BAKED BEANS CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook beans in water in a covered pan until soft, about 2 hours on medium.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Drain water and save about 1 cup of water.
• Add remaining ingredients plus the reserved bean liquid.
• Simmer, covered, for about 3 hours in the oven at 350°F.
• For Biscuit Topping: Mix the ingredients together and drop by spoonfuls on top of casserole, 20 minutes before serving time.
• Turn up the oven to 425°F and bake for 20 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown.

SOUTH CROATIAN SAUTéED FRENCH BEANS

Steps:

• Clean the French beans and cut into two or three parts (3-5 cm).
• Sauté finely minced onion on butter until translucent.
• In the meantime put French beans into hot water and cook 5-8 minutes, than remove from water and drain.
• Add French beans into sautéed onion; add tomato juice, very finely minced garlic and parsley. Season it with salt and pepper. Stir and add some beef stock to cover French beans.
• Cook until French beans are soft, or 20-30 minutes adding beef stock if necessary.

NORTH CROATIAN SIMPLE BEANS SALAD

Steps:

• Cook beans until soft. Drain and put into salad bowl.
• Slice onion into very thin rings and add into beans. Season with salt and pepper. Mix water and vinegar and add into salad. Pour oil over and stir.
• Leave it in refrigerator at least one hour. You can keep surpluses in hermetically closed pot in refrigerator.