Choirino me Fasolia - Pork with Beans

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 2  kg pork, cut into even sized pieces
• 1 1⁄2 kg  small white beans, soaked overnight
• 375  ml tomato juice
• 1  finely medium chopped onion
• 125  ml olive oil or 125  ml  corn oil
•  salt
•  pepper
•  some celery

Directions

1. Put the beans in a sauce pan with fresh water to cover, boil for ten minutes and then drain.
2. Cook in fresh water (in a pressure cooker if you have one) with some soup celery until about half tender.
3. Remember not to add salt- otherwise the beans will take forever to cook.
4. Drain the beans and discard the celery.
5. Meanwhile heat the oil in a heavy saucepan and brown the meat and the onions.
6. Add the tomato juice, salt and pepper and simmer over low heat until the meat is nearly done.
7. Add the beans and simmer gently until the meat and the beans are tender.
8. Serve hot with bread.
9. If you need more liquid, top it up with more tomato juice.
10. A generous spoonful of tomato paste enhances the colour.