Bean Soup Sabbatarian-style

Description
This is a great soup, but it requires overnight prep for the beans. It's well worth the effort in the long run and will leave your stomach and taste buds feeling satisfied.

Ingredients

 * 1 lb cranberry beans
 * 1 smoked ox tongue or goose breast
 * 1 onion chopped
 * 2½ lbs beef bones
 * salt and pepper
 * 1 cup sour cream
 * 1 egg
 * 2 tbsp lard
 * 1 or 2 cloves of garlic crushed
 * pinch of tarragon

Directions

 * 1) Soak beans (pinto, red or speckled) overnight.
 * 2) Make stock with bones.
 * 3) Cook beans in stock.
 * 4) When beans are half cooked add smoked meat.
 * 5) Meanwhile sauté onions and garlic in lard and add to soup.
 * 6) When beans are done make roux with flour and lard.
 * 7) Add tarragon salt and pepper to roux and add to soup to thicken.
 * 8) Bring to boil and serve with csipetke.