Portuguese Bean Soup Recipe – ChefShop.Com

Ingredients

• 2-3 ham hocks
• 6 quarts water
• 2 pounds Portuguese sausage - diced into 1/2-inch pieces
• 2 onions - diced
• 4-6 fresh tomatoes - diced
• 3 stalks celery - diced
• 2 potatoes - diced
• 4 cloves hard-neck garlic - diced
• 1/2 cabbage - cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1/2 pound cooked or canned kidney or berlotti beans
• 1/2 cup uncooked tubular pasta
• sea salt and black pepper to taste