Recipe: German white bean soup

Recipe: German white bean soup with sausage

Ingredients:

• ½ lb. Great Northern beans or other dried white beans, soaked overnight and drained
  
• 2 bay leaves
  
• 1 c. chopped fresh parsley
  
• 2 qts. Of chicken stock
  
• 1 carrot, sliced into 1/4-inch rounds
  
• ½ small head cabbage, finley chopped
  
• 2 leeks, split ,cleaned and sliced
  
• 1 pound cooked sausage
  
• 1/4 teaspoon Freshly grated nutmeg
  Salt and pepper to taste
  

1. In a Large soup pot or Dutch oven, cook the beans with the bay leaves, 3/4 cup parsley and the chicken stock for 45 minutes to an hour, or until the beans are tender but still whole.
   
   
2. Add the carrot, cabbage, and leeks, and cook 15 minutes more. Put in the cooked sausages, the nutmeg, salt, and pepper and cook an additional 15 minutes until some of the beans are beginning to break up in the soup.
   
   
3. Serve in bowls, garnished with the remaining parsley.