White Bean Soup | Louisiana Kitchen & Culture

Ingredients

• 2 cups dried Great Northern beans
• 1 smoked ham shank or ham hock, 3/4-1 pound
• 1 small yellow onion stuck with 3 whole cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 fresh oregano or thyme sprigs
• 3 large fresh parsley sprigs
• 1 celery stalk with leaves, cut into 2 or 3 pieces
• ½ pound ripe plum (Roma) tomatoes
• 1 carrot, peeled and sliced
• 1 sweet red (Spanish) onion or other sweet onion, diced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Freshly ground pepper