Knocks and Beans Supreme

Name: Knocks and Beans Supreme
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 8 slices lean, good quality smoky bacon (recommended: Oscars Smokehouse); 907 grams good quality baked beans (recommended: Bushs Grilling Baked Beans); 1 can brown bread or brown bread with raisins; 4 servings Softened butter; 2 large cloves garlic, finely chopped; 4 servings Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling; 4 servings Coarse black pepper; 2 red chile peppers; 6 knockwurst sausages, sliced into thirds (about 2-inch pieces); 1 bunch Small thin scallions, whites and greens thinly sliced on an angle; 1 large shallot, finely chopped; 59 milliliters Worcestershire sauce or steak sauce (recommended: Lea and Perrins thick Worcestershire Sauce); 2 small sprigs Couple fresh thyme and/or fresh marjoram, leaves picked and finely chopped

Knocks and Beans Supreme might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 19g of protein, 40g of fat, and a total of 621 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 50 minutes. If you have knockwurst sausages, couple sprigs thyme and/or marjoram, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the sausages you could follow this main course with the Spooky spider cakes as a dessert.

Instructions

Simmer sausages in shallow boiling water to heat through, drain and wipe out, return to stove.

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Sausage

Water

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Stove

While the sausages simmer, slice the bacon into 1/2-inch wide batons.

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Sausage

Bacon

Add a drizzle of olive oil to the pan and heat over medium-high heat. Thick cut the knocks on an angle and add them to the skillet and sear at the edges, remove the sausages and add the bacon and render until almost crisp but not-quite.

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Olive Oil

Sausage

Bacon

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Frying Pan

Remove the bacon from the skillet to paper towel to cool but reserve the drippings.

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Bacon

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Paper Towels

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In a casserole dish, stir together the beans, garlic, and shallots and season with lots of coarse black pepper. Smooth out in the dish and wipe down the sides of the dish. Nestle the chunks of knocks into the beans, arranging them all around the casserole and allowing them to peek up and out a bit. Dot the beans with thick Worcestershire sauce. Scatter the chiles and scallions and herbs over top of the casserole. Scatter the bacon over top and using a pastry brush, dot with some of the drippings. Cover and store for a make-ahead meal.

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Worcestershire Sauce

Coarsely Ground Black Pepper

Green Onions

Shallot

Chili Pepper

Garlic

Bacon

Beans

Herbs

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Pastry Brush

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Bake the casserole in a hot oven on a baking sheet liner until the top surface is crispy in spots and bubbly all over.

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Slice the brown bread into 1-inch thick slices. On a heated griddle, melt 2 tablespoons butter and toast brown bread until slightly browned and crispy, flip the bread , and repeat.

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Butter