White Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. dry navy beans
1 large onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 large clove garlic, chopped
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 bay leaf
3 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper
1 carrot, chopped
1 Tbsp. parsley flakes
salt to taste

Preparation

Clean beans.
Soak overnight.
Drain off soaking water. Put in large pot all ingredients. Cover with water. Bring to a boil. Turn down
and
simmer
several
hours
until beans are tender. Remove bay\tleaf.
To thicken, remove about 1 cup soup and mash by hand
or put in processor. Return to soup and stir in.