Stone Soup

• 4 slices bacon cut into strips
• 10 5/8 cups water
• 1 whole onion
• 2 whole garlic cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 2/3 pounds potatoes cut into cubes
• 1 handful elbow macaroni
• 3 cans red beans 420g each
• 1 sausage meat
• 1 blood sausage
• 1 farinheira sausage smoked sausage made from wheat flour, pork fat and seasonings
• 1 bunch fresh cilantro
• salt to taste

1. Place a pan on the stove with water, onion, garlic cloves (put in their shell), bay leaf, meat and meat sausage.
2. Let it boil until the meat is soft and then add the "chourico" and the "farinheira".
3. Leave them for just a few minutes, then remove them to prevent them from disrupting (add holes so that it helps to flavor the broth).
4. Remove all the sausage, cut into slices and reserve.
5. Also remove the onion, garlic and bay leaf.
6. Add the potatoes, pasta and chopped coriander, reserve some for decoration.
7. After all cooked, add the beans, sausages, seasoning salt and sprinkle with chopped fresh coriander.

bacon, water, onion, garlic, bay leaf, potatoes, handful elbow macaroni, red beans, sausage meat, sausage, sausage, fresh cilantro, salt

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Stone-Soup-2055851 (may not work)