Tuscan Smoked Turkey-Bean Soup Recipe

Place the beans into a large bowl fill the bowl with water and cover the bowl with a cloth. Allow to soak overnight. Drain and rinse the beans.

Place the soaked beans turkey legs onion and bay leaves into a large soup pot cover with water then bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 3 hours. Remove bay leaves and discard. Remove the turkey legs from the broth separate the meat from the bones and tendons and return the meat to the broth. Stir in celery carrots diced tomatoes Italian seasoning and salt and pepper; simmer until the celery and carrots are tender about 1 hour. Serve in bowls and sprinkle each serving with about 1 teaspoon of Parmesan cheese.