Ingredients

1 pound dried red beans
1 garlic clove chopped
1 1/2 pound smoked sausage cut into chunks
1 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp. ground pepper
8 ounce smoked ham shanks
1/2 tsp. sage
1 large onion chopped
1 pinch cayenne pepper
salt
freshly cooked rice

Cooking Instructions

Place beans in Dutch oven and cover generously with water. Let soak for 30 minutes. Add remaining ingredients to beans except salt and rice. Bring to boil over medium high heat. Reduce heat to medium low, cover and simmer until beans are tender, adding more water if necessary (for about 2 1/2 hours). Add salt to taste. Discard ham bones. Remove about 3 Tbls. of beans from mixture and mash to paste; return to Dutch oven and stir. Simmer for 15 more minutes. Serve over hot rice.
 
 
"Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;" (Genesis 1:29)