Nolte'S Serious Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. bacon, cut up, browned, drained and reserved
1 lb. Polish sausage, thin sliced and browned
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
1 (15 oz.) can kidney beans
1 (15 oz.) can butter beans
1 (15 oz.) can lima beans
1 (15 oz.) can homestyle baked beans
1/2 c. ketchup
1/2 c. dry red wine
3 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. dry mustard
1 or 2 cloves garlic
black pepper to taste
Tabasco to taste (add last)
1 to 2 Tbsp. bacon fat

Preparation

Start with skillet.
Brown the bacon; drain and reserve. Brown the Polish sausage; set aside.
Saute the chopped onion in the remaining bacon fat.
Open the kidney beans, butter beans and lima beans; drain in colander.
Combine the remaining ingredients, except bacon fat, with above ingredients.
Mix all above ingredients together with the bacon fat.
Bake, uncovered at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Serve hot or at room temperature. Better the second day.
(I usually double recipe.)