>> title: Boston Baked Beans, Slow Cooker
>> category: Rice, Beans & Grains
>> tags: beans, molasses, salt pork, new england, slow cooker, crock pot
>> counters: The Slow Cooker
>> dish: boston-baked-beans
>> kit: Slow Cooker
>> aka: baked beans, Boston beans, molasses baked beans, slow cooker baked beans, crockpot boston baked beans
>> servings: 8
>> time: 9 hr
>> slack: narrow — pull the beans before the skins split and the molasses that follows holds them chalky for the whole day on the machine
>> washing-up: the slow cooker crock, the saucepan, a colander to drain the beans, a jug to whisk the molasses liquid in
>> keeps: 4 days — molasses beans keep improving, and a long wet cook leaves them loose enough to tighten to about right

The beans are soaked overnight and boiled hard for half an hour first. Molasses and vinegar stall a hard bean forever.

>> step: parboil 30 min, drain
Simmer @dried navy beans{1%lb}(450 g; soaked overnight) in @water{6%cups}(1.4 L) in a #saucepan{} for ~simmer{30%min}, until the skins split when you blow on a spoonful, then drain.

>> step: whisk
Whisk @molasses{1/3%cup}(80 mL), @dark brown sugar{1/4%cup}(50 g), @dry mustard{1%tsp}, @cider vinegar{1%Tbs}, @kosher salt{1 1/2%tsp} into @boiling water{2%cups}(475 mL).

>> step: cook on low, 8 hr
Slow cook @&(~2)parboiled beans{} with @&(~1)molasses liquid{}, @salt pork{6%oz}(170 g; rind scored, buried in the middle), @yellow onion{1%medium}(chopped) in a #slow cooker{} on low for ~slow cook{8%hr}, lid on.

>> step: reduce on high, lid off, 30 min
Reduce @&(~1)beans{} on high with the lid off for ~reduce{30%min}, until the liquid is a syrup that holds the trail of a spoon for a second.