Ingredients for - Cattleman's Beans

1. Cold water 6 cups
2. Dried pinto beans 2 ¼ cups
3. Butter 2 tablespoons
4. Bulk pork sausage ½ pound
5. Peeled tart apple slices 2 cups
6. Tomato juice 1 ½ cups
7. Chopped onion 1 cup
8. Brown sugar ¼ cup
9. Garlic, mashed 2 cloves
10. Salt 2 teaspoons
11. Chili powder 1 teaspoon
12. Dry mustard 1 teaspoon
13. Coarse black pepper ¼ teaspoon
14. Jamaican rum ¼ cup
15. Sour cream, for topping ¼ cup

How to cook deliciously - Cattleman's Beans

1 . Stage

Combine cold water and beans in a pot; let stand 8 hours to overnight.

2 . Stage

Stir butter into the pot with the beans and water; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer until beans are tender, about 2 hours.

3 . Stage

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir pork sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and reserve 2 tablespoons sausage drippings.

4 . Stage

Stir sausage and reserved drippings, apple slices, tomato juice, onion, brown sugar, garlic, salt, chili powder, mustard, and black pepper into beans. Bring bean mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer until flavors blend, about 2 hours.

5 . Stage

Stir rum into beans, ladle beans into bowls, and top with sour cream.