Meaty Slow Cooker Bean Soup

I made this bean soup for a challenge at the Kleine Zalze For The Love Of Wine website. The soup is very economical, the beans and the eisbein cost me about R40 and the soup was enough for 8 hungry students!

Meaty Bean Slow cooker Soup
Serves 8 hungry male students

• 2 Packets Red Speckled Sugar Beans
  
• 1 Smoked Eisbein
  
• 2 Mutton Stock Cubes
  

1. Put the beans in a pot. Add water to the pot until the beans are covered with at least 5cm of water. Soak overnight.
   
2. Drain the beans and put them in a slow cooker with the eisbein.
   
3. Add enough water to cover the beans and the eisbein.
   
4. Put the slow cooker on auto and let it cook for at least 8 hours.
   
5. When the beans are soft add the stock cubes and salt to taste. At this stage I like to mash some beans so that the soup becomes a bit thicker.
   
6. Remove the eisbein bone from the soup and serve.