Schmeckfest Green String Bean Soup Food

GREEN BEAN SOUP - GRUENE BOHNEN SUPPE

Steps:

• Clean the beans and snap into bite size length.
• Put beans into a Dutch oven type pot.
• Add enough water to just cover.
• Bring to a boil.
• Peel potatoes and dice.
• Add potatoes and savory.
• Cook till beans and potatoes are cooked.
• Melt butter in frying pan.
• Add flour to butter and make roux about the color of chocolate milk.
• Add roux to soup.
• Season with salt and white pepper to taste.
• Add heated polish sausage, if you like.

SCHMECKFEST GREEN STRING BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• cook until tender a small ham bone or smoked ham cut into small piesce
• the last 1/2 hour before serving add potatoes
• add summer savory known as pepper weed in low german
• about 1/2 cup finely diced or ground carrots
• add 2 cans string beans or when season permits about a lb of fresh cut green beans
• when vegatables and meat are tender add sour cream and salt as desired.

STRING BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring the water to the boil then add the salt, pepper, potatoes, tomatoes and onions.
• Simmer for 30 minutes.
• Allow to cool and puree in a food processor then return to the pot add the string beans and simmer for 10 minutes, until the beans are tender. Season to taste and serve.

CREAMY STRING BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in salted water. When half done, add beans, vinegar, pepper and garlic (spear on toothpick for easy finding). Add onion. Simmer until potatoes are done. Remove garlic glove.
• Combine the flour and 1/4 cup water and make a smooth paste. Thicken soup with the flour paste.
• Remove from heat. Slowly stir in sour cream. Do not cook any further. Stir in cooked and diced Mettwurst or other German sausage just before serving.

HAM AND STRING/GREEN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place the ham in large pot and fill pot about half way with either water or chicken stock, add onion, and celery and cover. Bring to a boil and turn down to simmer for about 30 minutes to an hour. (If ham is on the bone let it simmer for about 90 minutes or until the ham starts to fall off the bone before proceeding.).
• Add carrots, potatoes, and string beans to pot and continue simmering for about 30 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.
• If using a ham bone remove ham from bone while the veggies are cooking and discard the bone.
• When potatoes are done mix butter and flour to form paste, slowly add to pot to slightly thicken broth. (You don't want it gravy thick but to have a little body so more or less of the mixture might be needed depending on how much broth there is.).

GREEN BEAN SOUP - BOU'NESCHLUPP

Steps:

• Put 2c sliced green or wax beans and 1c diced potatoes and chopped onion into a soup pot.
• Cover with water and boil until soft.
• Fry 4 slices of bacon and add bacon bits and fat to soup.
• Add about ½ pint of cream and simmer (sour cream is even more delicious).
• Some people like to add a "Mettwurscht" (sausage) to their "Bou'neschlupp"
• Add salt & pepper to taste.

QUICK PUREED GREEN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In soup pot or large sauce pan, melt the butter.
• Add the onions and caramelize.
• When onions are golden add the minced garlic and herbs.
• When garlic smells wonderful, add the broth and heat through.
• Add the pureed green beans and salt & pepper,and lemon juice.
• Heat to serving temperature, bowl-up, add a dollop of sour cream.