Fancy Dress Ham & Bean Soup With Cheese Biscuit Ring Recipe

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Fancy Dress Ham & Bean Soup With Cheese Biscuit Ring
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  1. Sort through beans, rinse several times and drain. Place in 6-8 quart pot and cover generously with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Cover, let stand at least one hour; drain and discard water. Set beans aside.
  2. Place oil in the pot and cook the onions, carrots, celery, garlic and parsley over medium heat stirring occasionally until onion is limp, about 10 minutes.
  3. Add the beans, ham hocks or shank, all the herbs, broth, beer and 1 quart water. My tip: if you shop where there's a friendly butcher in house, ask him to please saw the shank or hocks in half. If not, they'll work as is.
  4. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer until meat is tender and falling off the bones and beans are tender about 3 hours.
  5. Lift out the ham and let stand until cool enough to handle; pull off meat, discarding skin & bones and bay leaf. Chop meat into bite size chunks and set aside. Skim off and discard any fat from surface of soup. This is easier if you refrigerate the soup until the fat solidifies and can easily be removed from the top.
  6. In a blender or food processor, puree about half of the bean mixture, return to the pot with the whole beans and stir to blend. Reheat and season with salt and pepper to taste and more chopped parsley to garnish. Place in your nicest soup tureen to serve. (It's the one you've always had and never found an occasion to use, remember?).
  7. CHEESE BISCUIT RING:.
  8. Cut a circle of waxed or parchment paper one inch wider in diameter than the base of your soup tureen. Grease a 14 x 17 baking sheet and set paper circle in center.
  9. Cut shortening into all biscuit ingredients except milk using a food processor, a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Add milk all at once and pulse processor or stir by hand only until ingredients are moistened and form a ball.
  10. Drop tablespoon size mounds of dough, edges touching to form a circle of biscuits each just touching the outer edge of the paper circle, making about 18 biscuits. Discard the paper circle.
  11. Bake biscuits at 450 degrees until golden, about 15 minutes. Slide a spatula under the biscuit ring to loosen and let it cool slightly. Using a wide spatula, carefully slide biscuit ring onto a cutting board or large platter on your table.
  12. Fill tureen with hot water to warm it, discard water and fill with hot bean soup. Set tureen in the center of the biscuit ring to serve.
  13. Your guests can either place a biscuit in their individual bowl and ladle soup on top or eat the biscuits on the side with butter.
  14. Break out that old tureen and use this same biscuit trick with any favorite recipe. Even canned soup would be special served fancy dress style!
  15. Now, how easy was that?
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1184.89 Kcal (4961 kJ)
Calories from fat 546.89 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 60.77g 93%
Cholesterol 171.11mg 57%
Sodium 276.75mg 12%
Potassium 2036.86mg 43%
Total Carbs 89.9g 30%
Sugars 7.24g 29%
Dietary Fiber 15.12g 60%
Protein 67.19g 134%
Vitamin C 9.5mg 16%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 15%
Iron 10.2mg 57%
Calcium 531.9mg 53%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 191.76 Kcal (803 kJ)
Calories from fat 88.51 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.83g 93%
Cholesterol 27.69mg 57%
Sodium 44.79mg 12%
Potassium 329.64mg 43%
Total Carbs 14.55g 30%
Sugars 1.17g 29%
Dietary Fiber 2.45g 60%
Protein 10.87g 134%
Vitamin C 1.5mg 16%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 15%
Iron 1.7mg 57%
Calcium 86.1mg 53%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 28
    Points
  • 30
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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