Brown Bean Soup

==Description==
A traditional soup, it can be made very basic and varied by additional ingredients. It is very filling and is often eaten here as a main dish with bread. The brown Beans we use are also known as Swedish brown beans. If you cannot get these then the best substitute for this soup would be pinto beans. I always serve this with dark fried onions and crispy Bacon cubes. Soaking time not included.
===Ingredients===
* 2 cups brown Beans, soaked overnight and drained 
* 3 liters water 
* 1 bay leaf 
* 2-3 leeks, washed and sliced in rings 
* 1 large carrot, cubed 
* 1 large peeled Potato, cubed 
* worcestershire sauce 
* salt and pepper 
* 1 bouillon cube (optional) 
* 1/2 cup chopped flat celery leaves 
===Directions===
Put the Beans in a pan with the water and bayleaf, bring to the boil. 
Boil rapidly for 10 minutes, then simmer for 1 1/2 hours or until the Beans are tender. Then add the leeks, carrot, Potato, Worcestershire and salt and pepper, simmer for another 30 minutes. Taste the soup or you want to add a stock cube. 
You can puree the soup at this point, but it is nicest when you just mash the Beans and potaoes a bit so it thickens. Add the sellerie leaves 5 minutes before serving. Other additions/fillings for the soup: left-over cooked Beef or Pork, tiny meatballs, slices of smoked Sausage, hot sauce, ketchup sauce. 
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==See also==
Category:Dutch Soups Category:Soups
 Category:Recipes
Category:Dutch Recipes
Category:Bay Leaf Recipes
category:Potato Recipes
category:bay leaf Recipes
category:Sausage Recipes
category:pepper Recipes
category:celery Recipes
category:carrot Recipes
category:Potato Recipes
category:Bacon Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:Beef Recipes
category:Pork Recipes
category:salt Recipes
category:worcestershire sauce Recipes
category:Swedish brown bean Recipes
category:pinto bean Recipes
category:ketchup Recipes
category:Onion Recipes
category:Fresh Beans Recipes
category:leek Recipes