Black Bean Soup With Rum Recipes

BLACK BEAN SOUP WITH RUM

Steps:

• The night before, soak beans in cold water to cover by 2 inches. Change water at least once. Drain and rinse. In a heavy kettle, cook onion, celery, parlsey, thyme, and bay leaf in the butter over mod-low heat, stirring, for 10 minutes. Add ham hock, beans, broth, 4 cups water, salt and pepper to taste. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, adding more water if necessary to keep beans covered, for 3 hours. Discard ham hock and bay leaf. Put the mixture through a medium disk of a food mill into a large bowl and then return it to the kettle. Stir in rum, lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste. Adjust the consistency with hot water and garnish for serving with the eggs, parsley, and lemon slices. Makes about 7 cups. a 1971 Gourmet Mag. favorite Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #299 by [email protected] (Roy) on Nov 19, 1997

BLACK BEAN SOUP WITH RUM

Steps:

• soak beans in cold water to cover by 2 inches for at least 8 hours; drain Melt butter in a 6-8 quart heavy pot over moderately low heat. Add onions, celery, parsley, thyme, and bay leaf, and cook, stirring occasionally until vegetables are softened, about 10 minutes. Add ham hock, beans, stock, water, and pepper to taste and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, adding more water if necessary to keep beans covered, until beans are very tender, about 3 hours. Remove bay leaf, and cut meat from the ham hock into bite size pieces, then return to soup.

CARIBBEAN-STYLE BLACK BEANS WITH RUM

Steps:

• In a large saucepan cook the sausage over medium heat until browned; drain fat but leave a small amount in the saucepan.
• Crumble the cooked sausage into pieces; set aside.
• Add in the onion, garlic and jalapenos; saute for about 4-5 minutes or until tender.
• Add in ketchup with all remaining ingredients (except the black beans, salt and pepper) bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Add in the cooked sausage and the drained black beans; stir to combine, then simmer over low heat for about 1 hour or a little more.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.