Beans with apples and pork (bruine bonen met appels en spek)

500 grams dried brown beans
6 Granny Smith apples
300 grams fresh pork or streaky bacon (for a less greasy meal use pork chops)
3 onions
150 grams molasses or Dutch stroop
salt, pepper and cinnamon
coarse black bread or multigrain bread

Start preparation a day ahead. Soak the beans overnight in plenty of water. The following day, bring the beans and the same water - with a level teaspoon of salt - to a boil and cook over low heat for about 60 minutes. Meanwhile peel and core the apples and slice them in rings. Boil the rings in shallow water for a few minutes and drain. Sprinkle the pork with pepper and cinnamon, and slowly fry in its own fat. Save the grease. (When opting for pork chops, fry in a little butter, and save the fat). Peel and dice the onions and fry in the bacon grease/fat. Add the apple slices to the beans and drain. Very slowly warm the molasses/stroop and add some of the bacon grease/fat. Serve the beans with the fried pork and the hot molasses on the side and thick slices of bread.