Homemade Baked Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

500 g dried navy beans or 500 g cannellini
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
water
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, diced
3 garlic cloves, chopped
700 g pasta sauce
1/4 cup treacle
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon dry English-style mustard
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
sea salt
fresh ground black pepper
2 cups chicken stock
1 small ham hock

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 160\u00b0C (140\u00b0C fan-forced).
In a medium saucepan, combine beans, bicarbonate of soda and cover with water. Bring to the boil, remove from heat and allow to stand for at least two hours. Return saucepan to the heat, bring to the boil, drain.
Heat oil in a large enamelled cast-iron casserole and saute onion and garlic.
Add the remaining ingredients, including the beans and bring to the boil.
Place the ham hock on top of the beans, cover and place casserole in preheated oven for 4-5 hours.
Remove hock from casserole, discard skin and bone, shred meat. Remove bay leaves before returning shredded meat to the beans. Serve on toast.