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Recipe source: "What's Cookin' in Austrian Kitchens around Chicago", Jolly Burgenländer Social Club.

BOHNENSTERZ / BEAN PORRIDGE  (from Irma Schulock)

Ingredients:
  • 1 can (15 or 16 oz.) red dark kidney beans
  • 2 c. flour
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1-1/2 sticks (6 oz.) butter, margarine, or shortening

Preparation:

Add 1/2 can of water to beans, 1 tsp. salt, and bring to boil. Put flour in a deep frying pan. Heat flour, stirring constantly until it is very hot, then add the boiling beans with water a little at a time until it is all used. Then take a big fork, mix mixture until it is crumbly. Heat shortening or butter until very hot, spoon over mixture (it should sizzle), stir it up and around. Now it is ready to eat. Eat it with a spoon, and drink it with buttermilk or regular milk.