Tutu de Feijao

Brazilian Refried Beans

1 lb black beans
½ lb bacon, cut up into inch-square pieces
½ lb smoked sausage, cut up
1 sliced onion
1 crushed clove garlic
salt and pepper
½ c coarsely ground bread crumbs

- Let black beans soak overnight in a large pan. Change the water. Cover the beans with water without salt and cook over low heat until tender. (use pressure cooker if you have one)
- In a frying pan cook bacon, sausage, onion, garlic. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook until golden.
- Take 1 c beans with juice from the large pan, place in a mixing bowl and mash them with a wooden spoon. You may choose to use a blender. Add bread crumbs (farinha de milho). In Brazil, ground mandioca is used instead of breadcrumbs. Add to frying pan mixture.
- Add this mixture to the large pan of beans and serve hot over a bed or Brazilian Rice.