Feijoada

Over the holiday break I attempted making a brazilian dish, called Feijoada. It's a heavy bean and meat stew that you eat with rice and farinha( dried and ground up mandioc). The last time I tried this I was unsuccessful, however, my older sister had a friend that had experienced some success by mixing and matching two recipes from the Food Network webpage. They were the recipes of Tyler Florence and Jamie Oliver. I told her I would post the way I did it online. So, a month and a half later I'm getting around to it, I hope I remember all the details.

Feijoada de Antonio
1lb Black Beans or more. ( I like more beans)
12 or 16 oz package of browned sausage (it can be whatever flavor you want, you should probably stick to something fraily simple though)
1lb Ham, with bone (I used a pre-cooked honeyham)
2 big pork chops (chopped up into small cubes)
2 onions, peeled and finely chopped
6 cloves garlic, peeled, finely chopped
2 bay leaves
beef bouillon

Start soaking the black beans the night before.
The day you plan on eating the feijoada; Saute the onion and garlic in the pot you will cook in. Add the meats, and bay leaves.
Drain the water the beans soaked in and add the beans to the meat, onion, and garlic. Add water until the beans are completely covered. Add the bouillon.
Bring it all to a boil.

Once it is boiling, turn the heat down. Let it cook for 2-3 hours or until the beans get soft. You can usually tell by trying to pinch them between your fingers and they just mush out. Or you can taste them.

Serve it with rice.