BVI-Style Peas Soup | Saveur

Ingredients

• 2 lb. salted pigs’ tails, cut into 2-inch pieces, or substitute salt pork, cut in 2-in. cubes
• 1 lb. dried red kidney beans
• 2 tbsp. canola oil or pork fat
• 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and finely chopped (1 cup)
• 2 large garlic cloves, peeled and minced
• Leaves from 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 2 white-fleshed sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced ½-in. thick
• 1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for kneading
• ¼ cups white cornmeal
• 1 tsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. kosher salt, plus more to taste
• 2¼ cups canned evaporated milk
• ⅔–¾ cups dark brown sugar
• Freshly ground black pepper