Kentucky Black Bean Soup

 This recipe seems timely as today was the Kentucky Derby. Go Medina Spirit!

Ingredients

1 pound black beans, soaked overnight

1 pound lean veal

1 lemon, cut in eighths

1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg

2 Tablespoons salt

2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

5 onions, chopped

3 quarts water

1 veal knuckle of meat

4 whole cloves, stuck in the lemon sections

1/2 teaspoon allspice

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 cup sherry

5 Tablespoons butter

hard boiled egg, sliced, as garnish for serving.

Directions

"Cover beans with water and soak overnight. Drain. Put 3 quarts was in soup kettle. Add meat, 2 onions, lemon, drained beans, salt, pepper, Worcestershire and spices. Simmer slowly until beans are mushy, roughly 4 hours. Remove lemon and meat and strain off broth. With potato masher, mash beans to a puree, pounding through strainer. Return puree to stove. Add meat, shredded, and fry with remaining onions in butter, until dark brown. Add to mixtures then let is come to a boil again. Now add sherry. Serve with one slice of lemon and 2 hard boiled slices of egg on each plate.