How to prepare sweet beans?


With grains or without, hot or cold, many or few, with rum or without rum…. Every Dominican has their own version of the sweet beans. This dish is a symbol of Dominican tradition that is prepared specifically in Lent, and despite the fact that no one prepares it better than your mother, your grandmother or your aunt, everyone has their favorites. And you, how do you like the beans?

Although, if you are not from the Dominican Republic, you may be surprised to hear “Sweet beans” and knowing that this dessert is made from boiled red beans with cinnamon, blended and strained; then combined with evaporated milk, coconut milk, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and Creole sweet potato.

We to join the tradition, we went out to ask about those preferences that each one has with the sweet beans and we share the answers in the video. In addition, we add a recipe and instructions from the chef @sagriomatos so that you are encouraged to make this dish that is so much ours.

In an article published on his blog, Sagrario explains that “the sweet beans They represent a dish full of nostalgia, history and flavor, designed to break the Easter fast but that over the years has gone beyond the limits of its defined season, becoming a dessert that represents us as a country”.

In her publication, she invites you to create your own version, and beyond letting yourself be intimidated by not achieving the same point in the flavor of your grandmother, aunt or mother-in-law, find your personal touch: “Do you like it sweeter? put more sugar. With grains?, go ahead! Do you want to put natural coconut milk on it? Richer still! Don’t have time and want to use canned beans? Boil the canned beans for a few minutes with cinnamon and if you don’t tell anyone, they’ll think you took the beans out of the pod yourself!”

Here is the recipe for beginners, so that you dare to prepare this traditional dish of Dominican Lent. We trust that it will be a total success!

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You need

  • A blender

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of raw kidney beans
  • 4 cups of water
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 Can of Carnation® Evaporated Milk
  • 1 Can of La Lechera® Condensed Milk
  • 1 cup of coconut milk
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8 Units Sweet cloves
  • 1 tsp butter
  • 1 Cup of peeled and diced sweet potato
  • 1/2 Cup of raisins
  • Crackers or casabe to serve

Brewing method

  1. Boil the beans with a cinnamon stick in at least 4 cups of water.

  2. Cook until the beans are soft. Let cool a bit. Remove the cinnamon stick.

  3. Blend the beans with part of their liquid, strain and place in a pot with the evaporated milk, the condensed milk, the coconut milk, the water from the beans, the salt, the vanilla, the remaining cinnamon sticks, the cloves and the butter.

  4. Cook over medium heat for 25 minutes.

  5. Add the sweet potato and raisins and cook over low heat for an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until the sweet potato is soft.

  6. Serve cold or hot, with cookies or casabe.

Source-www.diariolibre.com