Bean Soup With Rivels

Directions

1. Soak beans overnight. In large pot cover ham hock with water and boil till meat can easily be removed from bone (1 hour or possibly more). Skim fat from broth. Remove ham hock from water and cut meat off into small pcs. Return meat to water along with celery, onion and parsley. Add in beans and cook till soft (about one hour). Add in potatoes and cook till tender (about 15 min). While potatoes cook, make rivels as follows: Beat Large eggs and salt together. Add in flour, a little at a time, till no more can be absorbed. This will have to be kneaded by hand, adding flour till dough is not sticky.
2. Add in tomatoes to soup and bring to a boil. Healthy pinch off small pcs of the rivels and drop into the boiling soup. Cook till rivels are done (about 10 min).