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Autumn Garden Soup

autumn garden soup with carrots, onions, tomatoes, and celery in a red enameled dutch oven
Photo Credit
Becky Luigart-Stayner
Written By: The Old Farmer’s Almanac Editors The Almanac Editors and Staff
Yield
4 to 6 servings
Category
Vegetables
Course
Soup
Preparation Method
Cook
Sources
The Old Farmer's Almanac Garden-Fresh Cookbook

This hearty soup is perfect for the changing seasons. We love putting a pot on the stove and letting it simmer, giving our home a cozy vibe for fall.

Fun Fact! In the language of flowers, rosemary symbolizes remembrance, so remember this recipe all year round!

Our Autumn Garden Soup recipe comes courtesy of Cooking Fresh with The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

Ingredients
1 ham bone
1/4 cup chopped salt pork
1 clove garlic
several sprigs parsley
2 onions, chopped
2 carrots, peeled and diced
3 stalks celery, chopped, or handful of celery leaves
1 cup fresh shell beans*
a few leaves each of mint, marjoram, basil, rosemary, and thyme
4 large tomatoes, peeled and diced
1/2 pound fresh spinach or other greens, trimmed and chopped
1 cup cooked and mashed winter squash or pumpkin
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
grated cheese, for garnish

Instructions

  1. Put ham bone into a large stockpot, cover with water, and simmer over medium heat for 1 hour.
  2. In a frying pan, cook salt pork until the fat is released. Add garlic, parsley, onions, carrots, and celery, and cook lightly, without browning.
  3. Remove ham bone from pot and skim any fat from the stock. Cut off any bits of meat from the ham bone and return them to the soup.
  4. Add onion and carrot mixture to ham broth and simmer for 1 hour.
  5. Add beans, herbs, tomatoes, spinach, and squash. Simmer for 30 minutes.
  6. Season with salt and pepper.
  7. Serve hot, with a sprinkling of grated cheese.

*You can substitute fresh shell beans with 1/2 cup dried navy beans or soldier beans cooked in unsalted water, or fresh green or wax beans.

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The Old Farmer’s Almanac Editors

The Almanac Editors and Staff

Under the guiding hand of its first editor, Robert B. Thomas, the premiere issue of The Old Farmer’s Almanac was published in 1792 during George Washington’s first term as president.Today, the Almanac...
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