Recipes
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.
