Baked beans, slowcooked and Boston style

Ingredients

2 bags of navy beans
2 ham hocks, 1 pack of bacon, or 1 pack of ham diced
2 onion, finely diced
6 tablespoons molasses
4 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon of yellow mustard
1 can organic tomato paste or 1 cup ketchup
2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil
1-2 cups barbeque sauce

Optional:
1/2-1 cup brown sugar

1. Soak beans overnight in cold water. Skim floating beans

2. Simmer the beans in the same water until tender, approximately 1 to 2 hours. Drain and reserve the liquid.

3. Turn slow cooker on high.  Add olive oil.

4. Brown ham hocks and add to slow cooker.

5. Combine molasses, salt, pepper, mustard, tomato paste or ketchup, Worcestershire sauce. Bring the mixture to a boil.

6. Arrange the beans in placing a portion of the beans in the bottom of dish,and layering them with onion, bacon (if being used), and your mixture.

7.  Pour in just enough of the reserved bean water to cover the beans.

8. Cook beans on Low for 8 to 12 hours until thick.  After 4 hours add BBQ sauce.  

Remove the lid about halfway through cooking, and add more liquid if necessary to prevent the beans from getting too dry.

References:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/boston-baked-beans/

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-baked-beans-4/