Title: Red beans and rice with smoked sausage
 Categories: Pork, Main dish, Spicy, Easy
      Yield: 4 servings
 
      1 lb Dried red beans
      1 ea Garlic clove chopped
  1 1/2 lb Smoked sausage cut
      1 t  Dried thyme
      1 x  Into chunks
      1 t  Ground pepper
      8 oz Smoked ham shanks
    1/2 t  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.