astray recipes: Eats' black bean soup

Categories: Beach; Soup; Beans
Yield: 8 Servings

Measure	Ingredient
2 cups	Black beans -- soaked
4 quarts	Water
3	Whole cloves
1	Whole onion -- peeled
½ pounds	Lean beef -- diced
¼ pounds	Salt pork -- prepared
⅛ teaspoon	Cayenne pepper
½ cup	Sherry
	Salt and pepper -- to taste

DIRECTIONS: (prep 10-15 mins; soak 2 hrs; cook 3 hrs): ~Rinse beans and sort. Soak for 2 hours. Drain. -Rinse the salt pork. Cut the rind several times. Rinse some more. -In a large saucepan place the black beans and the water. -Stick the whole cloves into the whole onion and add it to the beans. -Add the diced beef, salt pork, and cayenne pepper. Bring the liquid to a boil. Cover the saucepan, reduce the heat to low, and simmer the ingredients for 3 hours, or until the beans are tender. Skim off any foam that appears. -Add the sherry, salt, and pepper. [mcRecipe 27 Au 96 / patH ] Recipe By : Eats, El Segundo, CA

eats' black bean soup