Butter Beans And Ham - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. large butter beans or baby lima beans
1 (14 oz.) ham hock or ham shank
2 medium size yellow onions (1 quartered, 1 finely chopped)
3 cloves garlic, peeled
2 bay leaves
1 Tbsp. unsalted butter or margarine
1 1/2 tsp. hot red pepper sauce
1/2 tsp. each salt and black pepper

Preparation

Half fill a large saucepan with water and stir in the beans, ham hock, the quartered onion, garlic and bay leaves.
Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour or until the beans are tender.
Drain the beans, reserving all of the liquid and discarding the onions, garlic and bay leaves.
Transfer the beans to a bowl and the ham hock to a cutting board.
Cut the meat into small pieces.
Discard the bone.