GREEN BEAN SOUP - GRUENE BOHNEN SUPPE
Great in summer and winter, quick and tasty, a german kitchen staple. Serve with a dense rye bread and butter.
Provided by Renate
Categories Vegetable
Time 2h20m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Clean the beans and snap into bite size length.
- Put beans into a Dutch oven type pot.
- Add enough water to just cover.
- Bring to a boil.
- Peel potatoes and dice.
- Add potatoes and savory.
- Cook till beans and potatoes are cooked.
- Melt butter in frying pan.
- Add flour to butter and make roux about the color of chocolate milk.
- Add roux to soup.
- Season with salt and white pepper to taste.
- Add heated polish sausage, if you like.
GERMAN BEAN SOUP (BOHNENSUPPE)
Hugely chunky, thick, colorful, and peppery, this great peasant soup is filled with chewy ham, tender beans and potatoes, with carrots and green beans along for the ride for texture, color, and taste. Its an excellent hearty meal, most especially with a frosted stein of good beer and chewy bread. Posted by request. Copied and pasted from Soupsong.
Provided by Lorac
Categories Pork
Time 2h10m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Drain the soaked beans, then put in a kettle with 8 cups of water and the bacon.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce heat, cover, and simmer for an hour.
- Add the green beans, celery root cubes, carrots, leeks, onion, parsley root (or parsley), potatoes, marjoram, thyme, and bay leaves.
- Bring back to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for another hour.
- While the soup is cooking, melt the butter over low heat in a saucepan.
- Stir in the flour and let it brown very very slowly, stirring occasionally,this could take an hour, if you keep the heat low enough.
- When ready, stir in a little of the soup stock, whisk for a minute, then stir into the soup kettle.
- Season with salt and pepper and cook uncovered, stirring from time to time, for 10 minutes.
- When ready to serve, stir in the parsley, remove the bay leaves, adjust the seasoning, then ladle into soup bowls and serve immediately.
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