My Favorite Soup
January 14th, 2007 at 9:03 pm by Hope (Recipes, Soup)
My favorite thing about cold weather is being able to enjoy a nice hot bowl of hearty soup! Thought I’d share my favorite one. The inspiration for this recipe came from the Hillbilly Housewife website. I’ve changed it quite a bit so I feel comfortable posting it. It is a rich hearty soup that even my picky son will eat!
I’ve taken to calling it Sausage Soup because that is what the smell of the spices remind me of 
but there is no “sausage” in it.
Sausage Soup
Yields: 6 Servings
Ingredients
1 pound Pork ground, cooked
8 cup Broth
1 1/2 cup Beans dry, white
1 medium Onion chopped
1 medium Celery stalk, chopped
1 medium Carrot chopped
1/8 teaspoon Pepper
1 teaspoon Parsley
1 teaspoon Oil; vegetable
3 medium Bacon slices, chopped fine
1/2 cup Water
4 tablespoon Whole-wheat flour
1/4 teaspoon Carroway seeds
1/2 teaspoon Fennel seed
1 tablespoon Garlic chopped
1 teaspoon Salt or to taste
Instructions
Soak beans overnight or quick soak on the stove. Cook meat with onion and bacon in a skillet until almost done. Toss this mixture into a soup pot with the beans and broth. Add the catsup and stir until it dissolves. Chop your celery, carrots and add them to the pot. Measure in the spices and salt.
Place a lid on the soup, and simmer it for about 20 minutes, or until the vegetables are all tender. Now, in a small jar with a good lid, measure the cold water and flour. Screw on the lid tightly. Shake the water and flour together until they are smooth. When the flour is dissolved into the water, pour the mixture into the boiling soup and stir well. The soup will thicken up nicely. Simmer the soup for another 10 minutes.
