Butternut White Bean Ginger Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup uncooked dry white bean
10 cups water
6 cups butternut squash, peeled, seeded and diced (2 pounds whole squash)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup onion, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon salt
black pepper
1/4 cup fresh parsley, minced

Preparation

In a large soup pot, bring the beans to a boil in 7 cups water. Simmer, covered, 1 1/2 hours or until the beans are tender, but not mushy.
Meanwhile prepare the vegetables. Peel the squash with a vegetable peeler, then seed and dice.
In a separate pot, cook squash in remaining 3 cups water, covered. Simmer until tender, then drain.
Puree all the squash in a blender in batches. Add to the cooked white beans.
In a frying pan, heat the oil and saute the onion, celery, ginger and garlic, stirring occasionally. When tender and beginning to brown, add to soup pot along with salt, pepper and parsley.
Simmer 15 minutes uncovered and serve. After it sits it will thicken; thin with a little water.