Grandmother Holden's Black Bean Soup

Ingredients

• The bone of a boiled ham
• 2 cupfuls of black beans
• Bouquet of herbs made of a sprig of parsley, a sprig of thyme, one clove.
• 4 peppercorns
• 1 onion
• ^ cupful of Sherry
• thin slices of lemon without the outside rind
• Salt and pepper

Method

1. 1

   Soak beans overnight.

2. 2

   Boil with herbs and ham bone until tender.

3. 3

   Remove bone and herbs, puree beans.

4. 4

   Add brown stock to achieve desired consistency.

5. 5

   Add brown roux and cook for five minutes.

6. 6

   Season and strain into a tureen, adding lemon slices and Sherry.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Aunts' Cook Book (1922) by [name missing], page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Grandmother Holden's Black Bean Soup The bone of a boiled ham Brown stock 2 cupfuls of black beans Brown roux Bouquet of herbs made of a sprig of parsley, a sprig of thyme, one clove. 4 peppercorns slices of hard boiled egg 1 onion J^ cupful of Sherry thin slices of lemon with- Salt and pepper

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