Creamy Kidney Bean And Salt Pork Soup

Ingredients

• 2 cups red kidney beans
• Enough beef stock to cover beans
• 1/2 cup salt pork, diced
• 2 onions
• 1 carrot
• 1 tbsp powdered sweet herbs
• 4 cups beef stock
• 2 tbsp sherry or claret

Method

1. 1 Soak kidney beans overnight, then drain.
2. 2 Cook beans slowly in beef stock until very soft.
3. 3 Rub beans through a coarse sieve.
4. 4 Fry diced salt pork until crisp, then add onions, carrot, and herbs.
5. 5 Add 4 cups beef stock to the puree and simmer for one hour.
6. 6 Strain the soup, stir in sherry or claret, reheat, and serve.