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Pinto Bean Soup

rec_soup.gif (2781 bytes)The American Family Cookbook, page 4, 1969. Edited by the Culinary Arts Institute.

Makes 6 servings in your favorite
Plaid Chowder Bowls.

Ingredients
  • 1 lb. pinto beans
  • 3 qt. water
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 lb. lean beef, cut In cubes
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 carrot, diced
  • 1 medium-sized onion, chopped
  • 3 whole cloves
  • '1/4 cup sherry
  • 3 hard-cooked eggs, sliced
  • 1 lemon, thinly sliced
  • Paprika

Instructions

Wash beans, pick them over and put into large kettle. Add water, salt, beef, butter, carrot, onion, cloves and mace. Cover and cook slowly until beans are soft, about 3 hours. Remove meat and cloves; reserve meat. Put beans through food mill or sieve. Return mixture to kettle; add cooked meat and sherry and heat through. Pour into soup tureen; top with egg and lemon slices; sprinkle with paprika.

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©2001 Kevin H. Souza
Updated on Saturday, March 04, 2000
vernonplaid@yahoo.com

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