Fabada Austurianas Recipes

FABADA

Steps:

• Cover beans with ample hot water and allow to stand overnight.
• Fill a Dutch oven 1/2 full with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add salt pork, and allow to boil for 5 minutes, then remove. Pour out water.
• Drain water from beans and place them into Dutch oven. Pour in 10 cups of water, then bring to a boil over high heat. Boil for 15 minutes, skimming and discarding the foam that forms on top. Stir in saffron, salt pork, and diced ham; simmer for 5 minutes. Add the chorizo and morcilla sausages, and cook for 5 minutes more. Skim any foam that forms on top.
• Reduce heat to low, add bay leaf, cover, and simmer until the beans are tender, 2 to 3 hours, adding water if needed to keep beans moist. Allow beans to stand for 20 minutes off of the heat before serving.

FABADA AUSTURIANAS

Steps:

• *Soak beans overnight. Make sure they are fully covered in water.*.
• Cut ham into 1" cubes.
• Add ham, except 2 pieces of ham, and 6 chorizo into pot of water.
• Bring to boil and then reduce heat.
• Drain beans.
• Pour olive oil and onions in pot with beans and stir over medium high heat.
• Add 2 chorizos and 2 pieces of ham.
• Add water just to cover the beans. Let it boil then reduce heat to medium low- low.
• Stir in saffron.
• Cover pot, but not tightly.
• Cook for 2 - 2 1/2 hours or until beans are soft.
• Check often to ensure water is still covering beans. When the water level is too low, add the water from the pot of meats.
• Stir pot of beans with a wooden spoon occasionally.
• Check taste and salt and butter as desired.
• Drain pot of meats and then serve fabada with the meats.
• Enjoy!