Spanish Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. dried garbanzo beans
3/4 lb. lean baked ham, cut in 1-inch chunks
8 oz. lean bacon or salt pork
2 chorizo (Spanish sausage), thinly sliced
2 qt. water
2 large yellow onions, chopped
6 medium white potatoes, quartered
pinch of saffron
1/2 tsp. paprika

Preparation

Rinse and clean beans. Soak beans overnight or at least 8 hours in cold water with the salt.
Drain and add water.
Fry bacon and salt pork with onions; drain. Add to beans along with potatoes, paprika and saffron.
Add ham. Cook until potatoes are done.
Add sausage.
Keep warm and serve with crusty Cuban bread or Cuban sandwiches.