Old Fashioned Bean And Ham Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 lbs dried great northern beans, rinsed, drained & picked over
• 4 ham hocks, 2 fresh and 2 smoked or 4 ham bone
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 cloves, garlic minced
• 3 potatoes, pared and cubed
• 3 carrots, diced
• 1 cup celery, diced
• 3 quarts water
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
• 1/2 teaspoon dried savory
• parsley
• salt

Recipe

• 1 put rinsed beans in pan and cover up to 2 inches past beans in large pot -- let sit overnight.
• 2 drain, put beans back in pot, add water and the rest of ingredients.
• 3 bring to boil, turn to simmer and cover.
• 4 simmer for at least 3 hours or until beans are soft.
• 5 take out bones and dice up any meat on bones and put back into pot -- you can add more ham if you want.
• 6 discard fat and bones.
• 7 season to taste with pepper and salt and parsley.