Hearty Bean & Kale Soup

Ingredients

• 3 cups mixed dried beans such as white or pinto beans, or 6 cups cooked beans
• 1 smoked ham or bacon hock
• 9 cups water
• 3 x 400g/14oz cans crushed tomatoes
• 4 large cloves garlic finely chopped
• 2-3 chorizo or colbasse sausages, cut into bite-sized chunks
• 2 onions finely chopped
• 1 tbsp puréed chipotles in adobo sauce (optional)
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
• 6 stalks kale or cavolo nero, destemmed and chopped
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 1/4 cup lemon juice