Great Northern Bean, Ham And Vegetable Chowder

Total Time: 8 hrs Preparation Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb dry bean, great. northern
• 2 lbs ham hocks or 2 cups ham, chopped
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 cup carrot, chopped
• 1/2 green pepper, chopped
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon mace
• 1 quart tomato, canned

Recipe

• 1 soak beans overnight in water to cover by 2 inches.
• 2 drain beans.
• 3 add water to cover beans by 1 inch.
• 4 cook beans with ham hocks (i use a ham bone with some meat) for at least 2 hours on low heat. remove ham bone from beans and let cool.
• 5 add all other ingredients.
• 6 remove ham from the bone and return ham to the bean mixture. cook until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• 7 freezes well.
• 8 note: i submitted this to a family cookbook and it is the recipe that "everyone" loves.