Bean And Tomato Soup Recipe

• One quart of beans
• Half pound of chopped-fat salt pork
• 2 sliced onions
• Bay leaf
• 1 quart canned tomatoes
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 tablespoon butter

1. Soak beans for eight hours.
2. Drain and soak in warm water for another hour.
3. Drain again and put into a large pot with a gallon of cold water; bring to a boil slowly.
4. Add salt pork, onions, and bay leaf.
5. Simmer gently for four hours.
6. Then press the soup through a sieve.
7. Put the tomatoes and soup in the pot and sweeten with sugar.
8. Boil for half an hour and strain the soup through a colander. Return to heat.
9. Thicken it with a tablespoon of flour rubbed into the same quantity of butter.
10. Return briefly to a boil, then serve.

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