Ingredients:

1 kg dried beans (avoid canned beans), 1 large onion (finely minced), 2 g pig fat, 1 slice of bacon, 2 garlic cloves (finely minced), 2 teaspoons paprika (dried grounded), 1 g flour, chilli peppers to taste, 1 bay leaf, salt and pepper to taste, water.

Preparation:

Soak beans overnight in water. Wash the beans and put them in fresh cold water until it boils. Cook for 10 minutes, change the water, and cook for another 30 minutes. Remove beans and put them in cold water.

Melt the pig fat in the pot and add the onion. SautГ© the onion until it is soft. Add minced bacon and sautГ© it for 5 more minutes, than add garlic. SautГ© it for 1-2 minutes and add flour. SautГ© it until the flour is slightly brown and than add paprika and chilli.

Add water gently and make a cream of all ingredients. Than add beans, bay leaf and water to cover the beans. Cook for 1 hour on very low fire.

Cooks' note: Very important to know is that chilli or any kind of hot paprika must be added from the very beginning in order to avoid digestive problems.

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