White Bean Soup

Ingredients

• •250 g dried white beans
• •1 onion
• •1 clove garlic
• •1 bouquet garni
• •4 celery stalks
• •2 thin leeks
• •2 heaping tbsp butter
• •4 tomatoes
• •Salt
• •1 egg yolk

Preparation

1. 1

   Pick over the beans and soak in cold water 4-5 hours. Drain, add 2.5 liters of hot water and put on the heat with the onion, garlic and bouquet garni.

2. 2

   Chop the celery and leeks small and cook in 1 tbsp fat over low heat. Peel and seed the tomatoes, chop and add to the mixture.

3. 3

   When the beans soften, remove the onion and bouquet garni and add them to the tomato mixture. Purée everything, return to the heat and season with salt. Before serving, temper the egg yolk with 2-3 spoons of soup, then stir it in with the last spoon of fat.

4. 4

   Serve with fried bread.