3 portuguese a feijao Recipes

a few tsp canola oil, for sauteing, onion, finely chopped, fresh garlic, minced, double-concentrated tomato paste (in tube ), dried turkish bay leaves, a few pinches ground cinnamon, whole allspice, red wine (i used zinfandel), links of barcelos linguica, casings removed and sliced (or best quality you can find), organic pinto beans, with liquid, you can serving the linguica from here : http://www.barceloslinguica.com

dried navy beans or 1 lb great northern bean, picked over, sliced bacon, onion, chopped, garlic, minced, water, tomato paste, portuguese chourico or 1 lb spanish chorizo sausage, cut into 1/4 inch thick slices, dried red pepper flakes , to taste, paprika, salt and pepper