Galician Soup (Caldo Gallego)

Ingredients

• 1 lb haricot beans
• 3 potatoes
• ham bone
• 12 ounce lard or 12 ounce dripping
• 1 -2 beef bone
• 12 ounce flour
• 1 small cabbage
• salt and pepper

Instructions

1. Soak the beans in water for some hours.
2. Put them in a saucepan with 2 qts.
3. water and the bones; bring to the boil and simmer gently for about 3 hours.
4. After 2 hours add the finely shredded cabbage, the peeled and quartered potatoes and the fat and flour, mixed; season to taste and simmer for a further hour.