bean soup

Ingredients

• 1 pound or 500 g dry white beans
• 2 medium/large onions
• 3-4 carrots cut into slices
• 1/3 bunch of celery (stalks and leaves chopped)
• 1 cup olive oil
• 1 cup diced tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 4-5 drops tabasco
• salt and pepper

Instructions
Rinse the beens and place them in a saucepan with cold water and bring it over medium heat.
Cook until they start to boil and drain.
Add fresh cold water (to cover) and and sugar.
Just they start to boil reduce the heat to low and cook for about 45’.
Add water if necessary.
Add carrots, stalks of celery, diced tomatoes, tomato paste and cook for another 30’.
Add olive oil, leaves of celery, tabasco, salt and pepper and cook until beans are soft and creamy.

enjoy

PS: The total cooking time depends on beans quality.
       However, it usually needs, at least 1&1/2 to 2 hours.
       Also, the quantity of water that soup needs depends on
       the desired consistency.