Bonne Femme Soup

Ingredients

• 2 small lettuces
• 2 leaves of sorrel
• 4 sprigs of tarragon
• 4 sprigs of chervil
• half a cucumber
• half an ounce of butter
• 1 saltspoonful of sugar
• 1 pint and a half of white stock
• The yolks of 3 eggs
• 1 gill of cream or milk
• The crust of a French roll

Method

1. 1

   Wash and shred the vegetables and herbs.

2. 2

   Melt butter in a stewpan, sweat the vegetables for 5 minutes, then add stock and boil.

3. 3

   Beat egg yolks with cream, strain, and add to the soup without boiling.

4. 4

   Serve with dried crust pieces.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The official handbook for the National Training School for Cookery (1891) by National Training School for Cookery (London), page 70. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BONNE FEMME SOUP. Average cost of "Bonne Femme Soup " (one pint and a half). INGREDIENTS. s. d. 2 small lettuces o 2 2 leaves of sorrel o 1 4 sprigs of tarragon o 1 4 sprigs of chervil o 1 \ a cucumber o 4 \ oz. of butter o ok Salt ) I 1 saltspoonful of sugar J 0 °4 i£ pint of white stock o io| The yolks of 3 eggs o 3" 1 gill of cream or milk o 6 The crust of a French roll o 1 2 6± Time required, about half an hour. ( The stock shotild be made the day before,) Now we will show you how to make Bo?me Femme Soup. 1. We take two small lettuces, two leaves of sorrely fou,' sprigs of t^rrago?iy four sprigs of chervil, and wash them well in coid water. 2. We take these vegetables and herbs out of the water, put them upon a board, and shred them finely. 3. We take a citatniber and cut it in half. 4. We peel half the cucumber, and cut it up in thin slices, and then shred it with a sharp knife. 5. We put half an ounce of butter in a stewpan, and put it on the fire to melt. 6. We place all the shredded vegetables and herbs in the stewpan to sweat for five minutes. 7. We sprinkle over them half a saltspoonful of salt, and a saltspoonful of castor sugar. 8. We must watch it occasionally, as the vegetables must not burn or in any way discolour. L essons on Making Soup. — Bonne Femme Soup. 1 7 7 0. We take a pint and a half of zvhite stock

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