The humble baked bean is a behind-the-scenes star of the casual culinary world. It complements heaping plates of barbecue, ...

Most British recipes for Boston baked beans just use a piece of pork belly, but we think it needs some salted or smoked meat to counteract the sweetness, so we include bacon or pancetta.

Brown's recipe, which he describes as a cross between pork and beans and Boston baked beans, creates a bean soup that first boils scratch-made beans in their soaking liquid and broth, then bakes ...