Super Baked Beans

Ingredients

450 gr navy beans
525 gr tomatoes up
350 ml lemon-lime soda pop
60 ml water
6 slices bacon
3 gr salt
1 gr pepper
230 ml tomato sauce
90 gr onion
75 gr celery
65 gr green pepper
120 ml molasses
120 ml ketchup
75 gr brown sugar packed
16 ml prepared mustard
16 ml worcester sauce
10 ml cider vinegar

Instructions

Place the beans in a bowl. Add enough water to cover and soak overnight. The next day, drain the beans. Combine the beans, tomatoes, lemon-lime soda, quarter cup water, bacon, salt and pepper in a 4 litre Dutch oven. Cook, over high heat, until the mixture comes to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 1 hour. Stir in the remaining ingredients, cover, and simmer for an additional 1 hour. Pour the hot bean mixture into a 3 litre casserole, cover, and bake in a preheated 120ºC . oven for 4 hours. Uncover, and bake an additional 30 minutes or until the beans are tender.