Bean, Sausage, and Sweet Potato Soup

DIRECTIONS

• In a 4 qt saucepan, combine the 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 Tbs water and 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" 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.