Butter Bean Soup Recipe

Ingredients for Butter Bean Soup Recipe

• ½ pound butter beans
• 1 quart cold water
• 4 ounces Spanish onions
• 4 ounces turnips
• 3 ounces carrots
• 2 stalks celery
• ½ ounce butter
• ½ ounce flour
• ½ pint milk
• Salt and pepper

Instructions

1. Wash the beans and soak them all night in the water.
2. Put them into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the other vegetables and one-half teaspoon salt.
3. Cook until the beans are tender--about two hours.
4. Remove the carrot, turnip, onion, and celery, and rub the beans through a sieve.
5. Melt the butter, mix the flour, add the milk, and cook for ten minutes.
6. Add the beans; bring to boiling point.
7. Season and serve.

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