Black Bean, Sausage, and Sweet Potato Soup Recipe

In a 4 quart saucepan combine beans garlic bay leaf allspice broth and 5 1/2 cups water. Cook partially covered until beans are tender about 50 minutes. Discard bay leaf.

In a blender puree 1 cup cooked beans with 1 cup cooking liquid and return to pan.

In a small bowl stir together tomato paste and 1 tablespoon water; stir into beans with sausage and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer soup covered for 15 minutes. Soup may be prepared up to this point 3 days ahead.

While soup is simmering peel sweet potatoes and cut into 1/2 inch pieces. Steam until tender about 10 minutes. Stir potatoes 3 chopped scallions and salt and pepper to taste into soup. Serve soup garnished with scallion greens.