Holstein pears, beans and bacon

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 300 g beans, wide
• 3 bulb(s)
• 400 g potatoes, waxy
• 1 strip of Gelderland bacon, approx. 160 g
• 2 onions
• 500 ml vegetable stock
• Salt and pepper, black, from the mill
• 3 tbsp, leveled oil

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 35 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 5 minutes

Trim the ends of the beans, cut the beans into approximately 10 cm long pieces, and wash them. Peel the pears, leaving strips, quarter them, remove the cores, and slice the quarters. Peel the potatoes and cut them into large cubes. Remove the rind from the bacon and roughly dice the bacon. Peel the onions and dice them. Brown the bacon and onions in oil in a large pot or roasting pan. Add the beans and mix with the bacon and onions. Add the vegetable stock, bring to a boil, and simmer for a maximum of 10 minutes. Then add the potatoes and pear slices and cook for a maximum of another 20 minutes. Check occasionally to see if the ingredients still have a bite; do not cook them soft and mushy. Season with salt and pepper.