Title: Caldo Gallego
Categories: Ham/pork, Beans/peas, Cuba, Update, Archived
Yield: 1 Servings

1 lb Medium sized white beans
2 1/2 qt Water
1/2 lb Salt pork,cubed
1 Meaty ham bone or smoked
-pork hock
6 sm White potatoes, peeled and
-diced
1 bn Collards, mustard greens or
-spinach
4 Spanish sausages [chorizos]
Salt if needed

--------------------------------PREPARATION--------------------------------
1 Rinse beans, cover with 6
-cups of water in a large
Kettle, soak overnight.
2 When ready to cook , add
-additional 1 quart water
, the salt pork and ham bone
3 Bring to a boil. Cover,
-reduce heat and simmer

about 2 1/2 hours or until beans are tender. 4. Add potatoes and collards
or mustard greens [If using spinach add later with the chorizos]. Simmer 20
minutes. 5. Cut chorizos in 1-inch pieces. Add to beans and cook 10 min
longer. Taste and add salt if necessary [ I doubt it]. If too salty, add
additional water. 6. Remove ham bone. Cut off meat and return meat to stew.
Serve in soup bowls. Caldo Gallego

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