Creamed Cranberry Bean Soup

Ingredients

 * ½ lb dried cranberry beans
 * 1 lb kolbász
 * 4 qt water
 * 4 peppercorns
 * ½ onion, diced
 * 1 tbsp bacon drippings
 * 1 tbsp flour
 * 1 onion, minced
 * ½ pt sour cream
 * 1 tbsp flour

Directions

 * 1) Wash beans.
 * 2) Soak overnight and cook with kolbász in a soup kettle along with onion and salt and peppercorns to taste.
 * 3) When beans and meat are cooked make roux: brown roux ingredients.
 * 4) Til brown in color and add 1 cup water; bring to a boil.
 * 5) Add this to soup and cook about 5 minutes until soup comes back to a boil.
 * 6) Take ½ pint sour cream which is at room temperature.
 * 7) Mix in 1 tbsp flour to thicken.
 * 8) To sour cream add hot soup 1 tablespoon at a time and mix well until cream is thinned then add to hot soup (prevents curdling).
 * 9) Bring back to gentle boil then turn heat off.