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In a large saucepan combine juices and bring to a boil. Add spelt berries, fresh thyme and beans. Simmer covered 1 1/2 hours.
In a large heavy pot heat 1/2 of the oil, add onion and garlic and brown. Add peppers, chilies, tomatoes, and simmer for 20 minutes. Add corn, oregano, scallion, reserved thyme, and cumin and simmer for another 20 minutes. Add cooked beans and return to a simmer. While beans simmer, heat remaining oil in saute pan until smoking hot. Add mushrooms and saute 5 minutes. Add the sauteed mushrooms to the chili bean mixture, stir well and simmer 20 minutes. Add cherries and serve.
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Spaghetti, cooked and drained; kidney beans; grated Cheddar; chopped white onion; and oyster crackers as traditional accompaniments for Cincinnati "Five-Way" chili.
In a large heavy pot heat the oil over moderate heat and cook the onions and garlic until softened. Add the ground beef, stirring, until the beef is no longer pink. Drain off any excess fat and discard. Add the chili powder, paprika, cumin, allspice, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, salt and pepper, to taste, stirring to combine and cook for 1 minute. Add the bay leaf, red wine vinegar, molasses, tomato sauce and water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer chili, covered for 1 1/2 hours, adding additional water, if necessary, to achieve a thick and soupy consistency. Discard bay leaf and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper. Serve the chili over cooked spaghetti with the traditional accompaniments.
In a large bowl let the pinto beans soak in enough water to cover them by 2 inches overnight and drain them, or quick-soak them and drain them. In a large heavy kettle cook the onions and 4 of the garlic cloves, minced, in the oil over moderate heat, stirring, until the onions are softened, add the chili powder, the cumin, and the cayenne, and cook the mixture, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add the beans and the water and simmer the mixture, uncovered, adding more water if necessary to keep the beans barely covered, for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until the beans are tender. Add the broth, the tomatoes, the bell pepper, and the corn and simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Add the bulgur and the zucchini and simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes, or until the zucchini is just tender. Stir in the remaining 2 garlic cloves, minced, the Worcestershire sauce, the olives, and salt and pepper to taste, simmer the chili for 5 minutes, and stir in the coriander. The chili may be frozen or made 4 days in advance, cooled, uncovered, and kept covered and chilled.