Recipe(tried): White Bean Soup Puerto Rican Style

White Bean Soup Puerto Rican Style
Servings 6-8

1 tablespoon annatto oil or olive oil with 1 tsp Bijol (ground annatto, available at Latin markets)
4 ounces fresh ham (what we know as ham good for cooking), diced
4 ounces Genoa salami, diced
1/4 cup basic Sofrito
1/2 cup manzanilla olives, chopped
cup tomato sauce or can chopped tomatoes, processed
1/2 pound white navy beans, cooked or 2 family cans of white beans already cooked from Goya (drain them before using them)
8 cups water
1/4 cup short-grain rice
2 ounces angel hair pasta or fidellini
1/2 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tsp ground oregano.

Heat the oil in a heavy skillet and saute the fresh ham and salami. Add the Sofrito, olives, and tomato sauce or processed tomatoes from a can. Cook over medium heat for 3 minutes. In a soup pot, combine the beans and water. Add the ham mixture, rice, noodles, and salt and pepper. Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes, or until the rice is cooked.