BLACK BEAN SOUP 1 lb. black beans 2 bay leaves 1 onion, chopped 5 cloves garlic 1 c. whip cream sour cream ham bone bacon 1 can tomato paste 1/2 pkg. Lipton onion soup mix 3 whole cloves celery, chopped 1/4 c. sherry lemon juice pieces of ham little piece of salt pork Cover beans with water and cook with ham bone, pieces of ham, bacon and a little piece of salt pork. Add tomato paste, bay leaves, soup mix, onion, cloves, garlic and celery and cook until beans are tender. Cool slightly and put in blender. Add whip cream and sherry. Heat and serve with 1 tablespoon sour cream on top and a squeeze of lemon juice. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |