Senate Navy Bean Soup With a Hint of Clove

Ingredients

• 1 lb dried navy beans
• 2 quarts cold water
• 1 ham hock
• 1 cup diced onion
• 1 cup diced celery, including leaves
• 1 cup peeled and finely diced potato
• 2 teaspoons chopped garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon clove powder
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley

Directions

1. 1

   Combine drained navy beans with water and ham hock, and bring to a boil. When boiling, reduce heat and simmer until the beans are tender. This can take 1 1/2 hours or more, if you forgot the beans in the back of the cabinet, like I did :).

2. 2

   Take out the ham bone, picking any meat off the bones. Throw out the bone. Add meat to pot, with the rest of the ingredients, except for parsley.

3. 3

   Bring soup back to a boil, then simmer until ingredients are soft.

4. 4

   Take out a cup of the beans, then with a hand blender, blend the soup. Add the cup of beans back inches Salt and pepper, then serve.