Perhaps your new favorite bean dish:
Rinse the white beans the night before and soak them in the cold water for one night. A day later, cook the beans in their soaking water for a good ninety minutes.
After cooking for 30 minutes, first add the peck in pieces and simmer until done.
In the meantime, clean, rinse and slice the carrots, clean and break the bean pods, peel and rinse the potatoes, then dice them. Set aside.
Then quarter the apples and pears, peel them and remove the core. When the beans have cooked for 60 minutes, add the carrots, bean pods, potatoes, apples and pears and cook for the remaining 30 minutes, after seasoning the entire stew with salt, pepper and sugar. At the end of the cooking time, remove the bacon and cut it into slices. Season the stew with a little bit of vinegar, transfer it to a large baking dish and top it with the bacon slices.
Finally, sprinkle with chopped parsley – or, if you prefer, bean leaves.
* Serve: A sturdy gray bread, accompanied by a cool light beer and afterwards a cold Korn. **
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