Serves 2-4

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried small white beans
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 tbsp. butter
• 1 small onion chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• ½ quart chicken broth
• salt and pepper to taste
• ¼ lb. bacon, cooked and chopped

Instructions

1. Sort beans and soak overnight in bowl using 3 times as much water as beans. The next morning rinse beans thoroughly with cold water using a sieve.
2. In soup pot, sauté onion in olive oil and butter for 3 minutes. Add carrots and celery and cook 2 more minutes. Add drained beans, chicken broth and enough fresh water to cover beans by 1½ inches. Bring to boil and reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes to one hour, or until beans are tender. Add salt and pepper and garnish soup with bacon when served.