Vegetable And Sausage Soup

• 1 lb. salt pork
• water
• 1/2 c. dried Great Northern beans
• 1 large carrot
• 1 turnip, diced
• 1 leek, well washed and sliced 1/4-inch thick
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 onion, sliced 1/4-inch thick
• 6 sprigs parsley
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme or 1/4 tsp. dried
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 tsp. salt
• 3/4 lb. kielbasa (Polish) sausage, cut into 1/2-inch slices
• 1/4 lb. beans (green), trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces

1. Boil salt pork in a pot of water.
2. Simmer pork 1 hour and transfer pork to a dish with a slotted spoon.
3. In another pan, boil Great Northern beans in 2 cups water for 2 minutes.
4. Remove pan from the heat and soak beans 1 hour.
5. Drain beans and put into a pot with 9 cups of hot water and cook 45 minutes.
6. Add carrot, turnip, leek, celery, onion and a cheesecloth bag containing parsley, thyme, bay leaf and salt and the salt pork.
7. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to moderately low and simmer 45 minutes.
8. Add kielbasa sausage.
9. Cut into 1/2-inch slices and add 1/4 pound beans (green), trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces and simmer soup for 30 minutes.
10. Remove and discard the celery and cheesecloth bag and adjust seasoning.
11. Serve with crusty French bread.
12. Serves 6.

salt pork, water, dried great northern beans, carrot, celery, onion, parsley, thyme, bay leaf, salt, kielbasa, beans

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=996378 (may not work)