Bean Soup with Frankfurters

Title:
Bean Soup with Frankfurters

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
German,
Soups




Ingredients:





     1 lb Navy beans; dried


     8 c  Water


     3 c  Beef broth


     1    Carrot; chopped


     1    Celery stalk; chopped


     4    Bacon; strips, cubed


     2    Onions; small, chopped


     1 ts Salt


   1/4 ts Pepper; white


     6    Frankfurters, sliced *


     2 tb Parsley; chopped






 *  Note:  Use the real Frankfurters in this recipe and not the hot dogs!


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 Soak beans overnight.  In a 3-quart saucepan bring beans, water and beef


 froth to a boil. Cook for about 1 hour. Add carrot and celery and continue


 cooking for 30 minutes.  In a separate frypan cook the bacon until


 transparent.  Add the onions; cook until golden. Set aside. Mash soup


 through a sieve or food mill.  Return to pan and add the bacon onion


 mixture, salt and pepper.  Add frankfurters; reheat about 5 minutes.


 Sprinkle soup with chopped parsley and serve.


 


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