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Ham and White Bean Soup Recipe

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Ham and White Bean Soup Recipe

Use ham shanks quite than hocks if you need a meaty soup.

INGREDIENTS :

  • 1 pound (2 1/2 cups) dry white beans, like cannellini or Nice Northern
  • 2 quarts of water
  • 2-3 kilos smoked ham shanks or ham hocks
  • 2 teaspoons Herbes de Provence, or Italian seasoning
  • 1 tablespoons additional virgin olive oil
  • 1 cup diced onions (about 1 small onion)
  • 1 cup chopped celery (about 2-3 ribs)
  • 2/3 cup chopped carrots (about 1 medium carrot)
  • 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
  • Tabasco sauce
  • Salt and pepper
  • Recent parsley

METHOD :

1 Soak the dry beans: Fill a pot massive sufficient to carry the beans with water and convey to a boil. Flip off the warmth, add the beans and soak for about 2 hours. Drain the water.

2 Simmer the ham: Whereas the beans are soaking in step 1, put the ham shanks or ham hocks in a separate massive pot and cowl them with 2 quarts of water. Add the herbes de Provence or Italian seasoning. Heat on excessive warmth till the water involves a simmer, then decrease the warmth, partially cowl and preserve the simmer for about an hour.