Bean Soup (Santa Maria)

• 2 cups beans, dried soaked
• 1 each onions chopped
• 2 each carrots peeled and sliced
• 1 each celery stalk, sliced
• 2 each tomatoes chopped
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 x bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 3 pint stock

1. Cook the soaked beans in fresh water for 10 minutes.
2. Drain.
3. In a soup pot, heat the oil and gently fry the onion.
4. Add the rest of the vegetables and the seasonings.
5. Stir well and add the beans.
6. Ensure that all the vegetables are covered with oil and pour in the stock.
7. Allow to simmer until the beans are cooked and the vegetables are tender.

beans, onions, carrots, celery stalk, tomatoes, olive oil, bay leaves, salt, black pepper, cumin, stock

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/bean-soup-santa-maria-4468 (may not work)