Description
There’s nothing more satisfying than home cookin’, and there’s nothing more home cookin’ than a thick, hearty soup on a fall or winter’s day. This is a very basic, traditional soup using a ham bone and the trimmings from a baked ham, pre-sliced or not. If you bake your own hams but have been throwing out the bone, you’re missing out on something very special!
Ingredients
- 1 pound dried great northern beans
- 1 (10 ounce) ham bone
- 1 pound cooked ham, diced
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 2 large onions, chopped
- 4 stalks celery, sliced
- 1 bouquet garni
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- ΒΌ teaspoon baking soda
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- water to cover
- 2 medium carrots, sliced
- 3 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
Instructions
- Place beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let soak
- 8 hours to overnight.
- Strain and rinse beans. Transfer to a large stockpot with ham bone
- ham
- tomato sauce
- onions
- celery
- bouquet garni
- parsley
- baking soda
- salt
- and pepper. Cover with water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 2 hours. Add potatoes and carrots
- and continue to simmer until tender
- about 20 minutes. Season with salt if necessary and remove ham bone to serve.
Prep Time: 35 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs 25 mins
Total Time: 11 hrs
Servings: 8