Caldo Gallego ( Galician White Bean Soup) ( Portuguese) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup dried white bean (white kidney beans)
2 quarts cold water
1/4 lb serrano ham or 1/4 lb prosciutto, diced
1/4 lb piece salt pork or 1/4 lb bacon
2 turnips, cut in large pieces
1/2 lb turnip greens, cut into large pieces
1 yukon gold potato, cut into large pieces
1/4 lb chorizo sausage (optional)
salt and pepper

Preparation

Soak the beans in water overnight.
Blanch the salt pork or bacon by putting it into cold water, bring to boil, and then drain. Cube into dice.
In a large kettle put the drained white beans, the two quarts cold water. the ham, the diced salt pork, cover and simmer two hours.
Add the turnips, turnip greens, potato, sausage, and seasoning of salt and pepper.
Cover and cook 1/2 hour or until the vegetables, and beans are tender.
Cut sausage into slices replace them back into the soup and taste again for seasoning.
Serve.
Serrano ham is a raw smoked ham similar to prosciutto, it is sometimes hard to find, use large chunks of smithfield ham if you can't find either.