Categories: Meats, Sausages, Rice/grains, Beans 
      Yield: 4 servings 
  
      1 lb Dried red beans                     1 ea Garlic clove chopped 
  1 1/2 lb Smoked sausage cut                  1 ts Dried thyme 
      1 x  Into chunks                         1 ts Ground pepper 
      8 oz Smoked ham shanks                 1/2 ts Sage 
      1 ea Large onion chopped                 1 pn Cayenne pepper 
      1 x  Salt                                1 x  Freshly cooked rice 
  
  Place beans in Dutch oven and cover generously with water.   Let soak 30 
  minutes. Add remaining ingredients to beans except salt and rice. Bring to 
  boil over  medium  high heat.   Reduce heat to medium low, cover and simmer 
  until  beans  are tender,  adding more water if necessary (about 2 1/2 
  hours).   Add  salt  to  taste.   Discard ham 
   bones.   Remove  about  3 tablespoons  of  beans from mixture and mash to 
  paste;  return to  Dutch oven and stir.  Simmer 15 more minutes. Serve over 
  hot rice.