California Farm Garden Tomato Bean Stew

Name: California Farm Garden Tomato Bean Stew
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 2 people, six lunches
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 small tomatoes or 6 quarter wedges of beefsteak tomatoes; 1 Pork shoulder bone, frozen, 1 pound with meat attached; 1 Pork bouillion cube; Optional piece of cured bacon; 12 Tbs dry lima beans, makes 24 Tbs cooked beans; 1 cup water per half hour, 3 cups total; 1 Cup fresh basil leaves; 1 Tbs olive oil; 3 hardneck garlic cloves, cut in six pieces; Piece nutmeg; Wedge of lime; 3 slices fresh ginger cut in six pieces; 1 cup boiling water; Pepper, seasalt to taste

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

Our ripe garden tomatoes are starting to burst in the intense summer heat, all at once. Time to do a quick tomato rescue with lima beans and pork shoulder bone and make half a dozen one pound lunches with pulled pork, steamed tomatoes, ginger and fresh basil. Freezes well, reheats well.

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

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Ingredients

60 minutes

2 people, six lunches

6small tomatoes or 6 quarter wedges of beefsteak tomatoes
1Pork shoulder bone, frozen, 1 pound with meat attached
1Pork bouillion cube
Optional piece of cured bacon
12 Tbsdry lima beans, makes 24 Tbs cooked beans
1 cupwater per half hour, 3 cups total
1 Cupfresh basil leaves
1 Tbsolive oil
3hardneck garlic cloves, cut in six pieces
Piecenutmeg
Wedge of lime
3 slicesfresh ginger cut in six pieces
1 cupboiling water
Pepper, seasalt to taste
Equipment: dutch oven, soup pan, six plastic tub containers, one pound bento box size, with lids
Cost: pork bone, tomatoes, beans, basil, garlic, other, farm free, bouillion cube ten cents, ten cent luncheons

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Steps

60 minutes

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Brown the frozen pork in the cast iron dutch oven with the garlic cloves and piece of nutmeg in a Tbs of olive oil. Add white lima beans and fresh basil, a pork bouillion cube, cup of water, salt, pepper, and stew with lid on and low heat till pork is cooked and beans are chewy soft, about 60 minutes. Add optional piece of cured bacon for flavor. Add 3 cups of water, one every half hour to keep beans from burning to the pan. Do not stir, keep lima beams whole.

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Pour cup of boiling water over the tomatoes and fresh ginger slices, tomato peels will come right off, steam tomatoes whole till soft and still fresh, ten minutes.
3

Pull the pork. Cooked bone and optional piece of cured bacon go to the dog. Nutmeg can be re-used. Place steamed tomato in container, add piece of garlic, piece of ginger and 4 Tbs cooked lima beans. Top with pulled pork and 3 Tbs bean broth. Serve or freeze in one pound plastic tubs with lid.

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

on June 26, 2024 20:42

California, United States

I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.