The terrace's black bean soup
8 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | cups | Cleaned black beans |
| 4 | quarts | ;Water |
| 2 | cups | Chicken stock |
| 10 | ounces | Hot or mild Italian sausage |
| 2 | mediums | Carrots; chopped |
| 1 | medium | Onion; chopped |
| 3 | Celery ribs; chopped | |
| 1 | Bay leaf | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Thyme |
| 1 | cup | Sour cream |
| 2 | teaspoons | Chopped fresh garlic |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | teaspoon | Onion powder |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Sage |
| 1 | teaspoon | Onion powder |
| 1 | teaspoon | Chopped fresh garlic |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cumin |
| ½ | teaspoon | Black pepper |
| 2 | tablespoons | Chopped fresh parsley |
| 2 | tablespoons | Chopped green chilies |
| 1 | medium | Red onion; chopped |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Cumin |
| ½ | teaspoon | Tabasco |
| 1 | teaspoon | Worcestershire sauce |
Directions
CUMIN SAUCE
Check through beans. Toss any undesirables and pieces of gravel.
Rinse beans, then place in a large kettle. Cover with water and soak overnight. Drain and rinse beans the next day.
Return to kettle along with 4 quarts of water and chicken stock. Begin cooking over medium-high heat.
While beans are cooking, saute Italian sausage. Drain off fat. Chop fine and add to beans. Add chopped carrots, onion, celery, bay leaf, thyme, sage, onion powder, garlic, cumin, black pepper, parsley and green chilies.
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook 1½ to 2 hours, adding more water if needed. This is a thick soup so don't go overboard adding water.
Top each serving with chopped red onion and a dollop of cumin sauce.
Yield: 8 to 10 servings.
To make cumin sauce: Combine all ingredients and chill for 1 hour. Use about 1 tablespoon per serving of soup.
This is a very versatile recipe, and all ingredients may be adjusted to taste.
Colombo wrote: "I think it is the best black bean soup I've had." From sous chef Laurie Spicer of The Terrace restaurant as per the request of Louisvillian Delores Locke in Alice Colombo's 12/07/94 "Cook's Corner" column called "Terrace Restaurant's Black Bean Soup is the Best Ever" in "The (Louisville, KY) Courier-Journal." Pg. C9.
Typed for you by Cathy Harned.
Submitted By MICHELLE BRUCE On 02-05-95