SZERB BABLEVES (SERBIAN BEAN SOUP)

Ingredients

• •1/2 lb Beans, white, dry
• •3 lb Beef bones
• •2 ea Carrots -- peeled, sliced
• •1 ea Parsnips -- peeled
• •1 tb Salt
• •1 ea Little Dumplings (recipe)
• •1 tb Lard
• •1 sm Onions
• •2 tb Flour, all-purpose
• •3 ea Garlic cloves -- chopped,
• •-mashed
• •1 tb Paprika, hot
• •1 c Yogurt, plain
• •1 t Vinegar, white

Directions

1. 1Soak beans in 1 quart cold water the night before
2. 2you plan to make soup. Next day, drain beans and put
3. 3aside.
4. 4Put 2 quarts water in a large soup pot and in it
5. 5cook bones and vegetables with salt over low heat for
6. 62 hours. Strain and save liquid.
7. 7Put drained beans into the reserved liquid; add
8. 8enough water to bring the amount back to 2 quarts.
9. 9Cook covered over low heat till beans are done.
10. 10Make little dumplings and put aside.
11. 11Melt the lard in a frying pan. Wilt onion in it,
12. 12then mix in the flour and cook over very low heat till
13. 13the mixture is light brown.
14. 14Remove from heat and mix in mashed garlic and
15. 15paprika. Whip in 1/2 cup cold water. Add to the almost
16. 16ready bean soup and cook the soup over very low heat
17. 17for at least 10 minutes longer.
18. 18Note: this southern Hungarian dish probably appears
19. 19in Serbian cookbooks as a Serbian dish, where it is
20. 20hopefully titled "Hungarian Bean Soup".