Creamed cranberry bean soup

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[edit] Description

[edit] Ingredients

• 1/2 lb Dried cranberry Beans
• 1 lb Kolbasz
• 4 qt water
• 4 Peppercorns
• 1/2 Onion; diced
• 1 tb Bacon drippings
• 1 tb flour
• 1 Onion; minced
• 1/2 pt sour cream
• 1 tb flour

[edit] Directions

1. Wash Beans. Soak overnight and cook with kolbasz in a soup kettle along with Onion and salt and peppercorns to taste.
2. When Beans and meat are cooked make roux: Brown roux ingred. til brown in color and add 1 c. water; bring to a boil.
3. Add this to soup and cook about 5 minutes until soup comes back to a boil. Take 1/2 pt. sour cream which is at room temperature.
4. Mix in 1 tb. flour to thicken. To sour cream add hot soup 1 tablespoon at a time and mix well until cream is thinned then add to hot soup (prevents curdling).
5. Bring back to gentle boil then turn heat off.