Frankfuter Bohnensuppe (bean Soup With Frankfurter)

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb navy beans, dried
• 8 cups water
• 3 cups beef broth
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 4 bacon, strips, cubed
• 2 small onions, chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper,
• 6 frankfurters, sliced (note: use the real frankfurters in this recipe and not the hot dogs!)
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 soak beans overnight.
• 2 in a 3-quart saucepan bring beans, water and beef froth to a boil.
• 3 cook for about 1 hour.
• 4 add carrot and celery and continue cooking for 30 minutes.
• 5 in a separate frypan cook the bacon until transparent.
• 6 add the onions; cook until golden.
• 7 set aside.
• 8 mash soup through a sieve or food mill.
• 9 return to pan and add the bacon onion mixture, salt and pepper.
• 10 add frankfurters; reheat about 5 minutes.
• 11 sprinkle soup with chopped parsley and serve.