112: Ham and butter beans, p321

An autumnal dish for the first day of August! Hmm, a hearty, meaty stew didn't really suit the weather today, but hey, I fancied it, and had all the bits... plus it will make for easy lunches at work this week. I halved the quantities and still had enough for four, the butter beans were from a tin, not dried, so a little shortcut there... and boiling bacon was replaced with a gammon joint. The resulting stew was scrummy, but I should have used two tins of butter beans to balance out the salty spiciness of the chorizo and gammon. I'm not sure about serving a slice of the fat with each serving - the slice of fat browned up at the start of the recipe but didn't exactly go crispy, and remained rather slimy - not very appetising!