Recipe - Feijoada [Brazilian Black Beans And Smoked Meat

4 cup Black beans; or pink beans
;Cold water
1 Smoked beef tongue
1 pound Linguisa[Portuguese sausage]
1 pound Smoked pork butt; or ham
One half pound Bacon; un cut or sliced up
2 md Onions; chopped
1 cl Garlic; minced
1 Bay leaf
One fourth cup Parsley; chopped
Peel from half an orange
3 Navel oranges; peel & white
membrane cut off
Cornstarch [if necessary]
Salt
Rice
1 cup Toasted manioc meal OR
1 cup Toasted farina

Soak beans overnight in cold water to cover or use the boilquick soak
method. Rinse and drain; put beans in a large kettle with a tight fitting
lid; add 6 cups cold water, cover and simmer about 2 hrs.

Meanwhile cook the tongue; simmer in water to cover until tender, 2 hrs,
peel, then slice. Precook sausages in simmering water for 30 min; cut each
into 34 pieces. Cut the ham or butt into 1" cubes and bacon into 1/2"
cubes. Add all the meats to the beans. At the same time add the onion,
garlic, bay leaf, parsley and orange peel. Continue to cook slowly, adding
water as needed to keep the water level just over the beans until the beans
are tender, about 6 hours. about One half hr before the cooking is complete, add
the oranges which have been quartered.

If the mixture is not thick add a slurry of cornstarch and water.
[Alternatively puree a cup of beans and return to the pot JW]. Add salt to
taste; remove orange peel. Serve over steamed rice or with French sour
dough bread. Sprinkle toasted manioc meal [or if it's unavailable toasted
farina] over the beans. Fruit salad makes a fine dessert.

[Another version omits the oranges, doubles the bay and garlic and adds
chile peppers or hot pepper sauce. JW]

From the Sunset Cook Book of Soups and Stews. Posted by Jim Weller.