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White Bean Soup – The Very Best Way to Use a Ham Bone

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Ingredients

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  • 1 ham bone with meat
  • 1 lb white beans – I used Great Northern
  • 7 cups of water
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 3 carrots, chopped
  • 2 celery stalks, sliced
  • 3 small yellow onions or 2 larger ones, chopped
  • 1 t salt
  • few grinds of pepper from the mill
  • 1 sprig fresh tarragon, chopped
  • 1/4 c heavy cream

Instructions

  1. Rinse the beans and sort, taking out any misshapen beans
  2. Place beans, water, bay leaf and ham bone in pressure cooker
  3. Cook on high  for 30 minutes, let pressure come down naturally 
  4. Remove ham bone from beans and pick off any meat
  5. Remove and discard bay leaf
  6. In large dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium heat 
  7. Add chopped vegetables and saute for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly
  8. Add ham to dutch oven with the liquid and beans from the pressure cooker
  9. Let simmer about 30 minutes on low heat
  10. Add the tarragon
  11. Add the heavy cream
  12. Adjust salt and pepper to taste

Find it online: https://therockymountainwoman.com/white-bean-soup-best-way-use-ham-bone-pressure-cooker-recipe/