Old-Fashioned Baked Lima Beans

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serves/makes:

ready in:
over 5 hrs

ingredients

1/4 pound sliced smoked turkey, cooked
1 cup dried lima beans
2 quarts boiling water
1 bay leaf
2 sprigs celery leaves
5 sprigs parsley
1/3 cup sorghum molasses
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons dry mustard
2 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 cup sherry wine

directions

Rinse lima beans. Add to boiling water in large saucepan. Boil for 2 minutes. Cover. Let stand for 1 hour.

Tie together bay leaf, celery leaves and parsley. Add to lima beans. Boil for 1 hour.

Drain lima beans, reserving 1 1/2 cups liquid. Heat oven to 250 degrees F.

Arrange drained lima beans and sliced turkey in layers in 2-quart baking dish with slices of pork on top.

Combine molasses, brown sugar, dry mustard, salt, pepper and onion with 1 1/2 cups liquid from lima beans. Pour over lima beans. Cover. Bake at 250 degrees F for 2 1/2 hours.

Remove cover. Pour sherry over lima beans. Bake for 1 hour.