Recipe#11328

Title: Bean Soup

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(Bean Soup With Frankfurters)
 Servings:  4
 1 lb Navy beans
 8 c  water 
 3 c  beef broth
 1 carrot, chopped
 1 celery stalk, chopped
 4 rashers bacon, cubed 
 2 onions, chopped
 1 t  salt
 1/4 t pepper
 6 German sausage frankfurters, sliced 
 2 T chopped parsley
 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.