You can also use packages labeled "ham for beans", which is typically ... flavored with onion, red pepper, garlic, cumin, ...

From Tuscan white bean soup to black bean and chorizo soup, these warming and freezable soup recipes combine two favorite comfort foods.

Drain the soaked beans and discard the water. Place the beans, ham hocks, chicken broth, and bay leaf in a soup pot; do not add salt at this stage. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 1 hour ...

In this Portuguese bean soup, the meat from the ham hock contributes to the chunky ... chorizo or another spicy sausage. Traditionally, red kidney beans are used but I have opted for cannellini.

Suggested Menu: sunchoke soup with virginia-ham croquettes; virginia-ham croquettes; breast of four corners farm's turkey "cuit sous vide" and roasted leg "en ballotine"; giblet gravy; green-bean ...