Black Bean Soup

Ingredients : 
2 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons butter
1 pound black beans, soaked overnight, drained
1 ham bone, cracked
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup sherry, or dry white wine
salt and pepper, to taste


How To Prepare : 

1. Saute onions and garlic in butter until transparent.

2. Combine with beans, ham bone, celery, bay leaf, and 2 quarts water in the Crock Pot. Cook on high, covered for 2 hours, then on low for 8 to 10 hours.

3. Remove ham bone and bay leaf.

4. Puree soup and return to pot. Add sherry, salt and pepper and heat through.

Service: Serve  in soup bowls garnished with sliced jalapeno.

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