Brazilian Black Bean Soup

Ingredients

 * 2 cup black beans
 * 3 1/2 cup water or stock
 * 2 tsp salt
 * 1 cup Chopped Onion
 * 1 cup Chopped carrot
 * 1 cup Chopped celery
 * 6 x Cloves garlic, chopped
 * 3 tbl cumin
 * 3 tbl Crushed corriander seeds
 * 2 x Peeled, sectioned, deseeded oranges
 * 1/2 cup orange juice
 * 1 tbl sherry
 * 1 x lemon, juice of
 * 1 tbl black pepper
 * 1 tbl red pepper

Directions

 * Wash the beans and soak, them, covered, for 4 hours.
 * Drain and add water or stock.
 * Add salt.
 * Bring to a boil and then simmer, covered, for 1 1/2 hours.
 * Sautee the vegetables and garlic.
 * Add cumin and corriander.
 * Cook until vegetables are soft, adding water if needed.
 * Add veggies to cooking beans.
 * About 10 minutes before beans are ready add the oranges, orange and lemon juice, sherry, black and red pepper.
 * Stir, cover, cook 10 more minutes.