Bean, Sausage, And Sweet Potato Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 1/2 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups dry great northern beans
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/4 lb italian sausage, cut into 1/2 ",pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 lb sweet potato
• 3 green onions
• salt
• ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a 4 qt saucepan, combine the beans, garlic, bay leaf, allspice, broth and 5 1/2 cups water.
• 2 cook, partially covered, until beans are tender, about 50 minutes.
• 3 discard bay leaf.
• 4 in a blender puree 1 cup cooked beans with 1 cup cooking liquid, and return to pan.
• 5 in a small bowl, stir together tomato paste and 1 tbs water and stir into beans with sausage and worcestershire sauce.
• 6 simmer soup, covered, for 15 minutes.
• 7 soup may be prepared up to this point 3 days ahead.
• 8 while soup is simmering, peel sweet potatoes and cut into 1/2" pieces.
• 9 steam until tender, about 10 minutes.
• 10 stir potatoes, 3 chopped scallions, and salt and pepper to taste into soup.
• 11 serve soup garnished with scallion greens.