Portuguese Pork, Bean & Chorizo Stew Recipe | New Idea

Ingredients

• 600g/1¼lb dried cannellini beans, haricot beans, butter beans or black beans
• 1.1kg/2½lb fatty pork, like belly or shoulder
• 700g/1½lb streaky bacon or pancetta
• 450g/1lb ham hock
• 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves, sliced
• 450g/1lb onions, roughly chopped
• 450g/1lb carrots, sliced 8mm (¹⁄ ³in) thick
• 2 green peppers, deseeded and chopped
• 1 sprig of thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 450g/1lb very ripe tomatoes, skinned and chopped, or 400g tin tomatoes
• 450g/1lb chorizo sausage, cut in 5mm (¼in) slices
• 1 tsp hot or smoked paprika
• freshly ground pepper
• parsley stalks (optional)
• generous amount of coarsely chopped coriander or parsley, to garnish
• crusty bread, to serve