Bouillon (with Vegetables)

Ingredients

• Five pounds of round of beef (no bone)
• Two and a-half quarts of water
• One-half of a large onion
• One-half slice of carrot
• One-half slice of turnip
• Eight pepper-corns
• Three Cloves
• Two eggs (whites only)
• One and a-half inch piece of cinnamon
• One and a-half tea-spoonful of salt
• One sprig of parsley
• One sprig of thyme
• One sprig of summer savory
• Two small bay-leaves
• One leaf of sage
• One and a-half stalks of celery

Method

1. 1

   Remove every particle of fat from the meat, cut off a pound of the lean and set it aside; cut the remainder into small pieces, cover with water, heat slowly, and when boiling, simmer for six hours.

2. 2

   Add all the seasoning tied in a muslin bag, simmer for one hour, strain, and set away to cool.

3. 3

   Remove any fat that may have collected the next morning.

4. 4

   Chop the reserved pound of meat finely and add it to the soup, beating the whites of eggs and adding them with the shells while the soup is still cool.

5. 5

   Heat slowly, and when bubbling, keep it at this degree of heat for one hour.

6. 6

   Add salt if necessary, and strain through a napkin before serving.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 8 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BOUILLON (with VEGETABLES). Five pounds of round of beef (no bone). Two and a-half quarts of water. One-haif of a large onion. One-half slice of carrot. One-half slice of turnip. Eight pepper-corns. Three Cloves. Two eggs (whites only). One and a-half inch piece of cinnamon. One and a-half tea-spoonful of salt. One sprig of parsley. One sprig of thyme. One sprig of summer savory. Two small bay-leaves. , One leaf of sage. One and a-half stalks of celery

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