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Amish Bean Soup
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serves/makes:
ready in:
2-5 hrs
2-5 hrs
1 review
ingredients
1 pound navy beans
3 quarts water
1 teaspoon salt
1 pinch baking soda
1/2 cup shredded carrot
1 cup chopped celery
2 medium onions, chopped
2 bay leaves
1 1/2 pound ham meat
ham bones
leftover ham drippings
1 cup mashed boiled potato
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, optional
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
directions
In a large soup kettle, combine the beans, water, salt and baking soda. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, skim off foam, re-cover, and let stand for 2 hour. (The beans can also be soaked overnight if you prefer.)
Add the remaining ingredients except the parsley and simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Watch beans, for the cooking time will vary and the beans should not get mushy. Remove the ham bone and dice any overly large pieces of meat and return to the soup. Add the parsley just before serving. This soup freezes very well.
cook's notes
In every Amish and Mennonite restaurant, you will find bean soup on the menu, though in their homes it is eaten mostly in the winter. At some tables, a cruet of vinegar is passed to sprinkle on the soup. Cornbread is the perfect accompaniment.
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reviews & comments
November 3, 2007
I loved this soup! I did substitute shredded carrots for sliced ones, ham meat/bones for 3 ham hocks and 1C dried potato flakes for 1C mashed boiled potato, and I added about 1 tsp. of minced garlic and 2 T. of dried parsley instead of the fresh parsley. I was VERY happy with the resulting soup and the results that came very close to Marie Callendar's navy bean soup that they serve (which I was trying for). It went perfectly with the corn bread I made from a "Top Secret Restaurant Recipes" cookbook that I have.