Broth Maigre

Ingredients

• 4 onions
• 2 potatoes
• 1 cupful of rice
• 2 oz. dripping
• 1 carrot
• 1/2 turnip
• 2 quarts water
• Pepper and salt

Method

1. 1

   Slice onions and fry in dripping until soft and brown.

2. 2

   Add cold water, carrot, turnip, and washed rice.

3. 3

   Boil for an hour, adding more boiling water if needed.

4. 4

   Stir until thick, season, and serve hot.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Chambers's cookery for young housewives (1894) by Annie M. Griggs, page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BROTH MAIGRE. 55 LEEK SOUP. 2 quarts stock. I 1 roll. 2 dozen leeks. I Pepper and salt. Use very little more of the leeks than the white, and cut them into pieces about an inch long. Pour boiling water over them, and let them stand for ten minutes ; throw away the water. Put the leeks into a saucepan with the stock, and boil for four or five hours, skimming now and again. When the leeks are quite soft and the soup thickened with them, season to taste, and pour into a hot soup tureen, containing the roll cut into slices and previously dried in the oven. Serve very hot. VEGETABLE SOUP. 6 onions. 3 carrots. 1 turnip. 2 lettuces or 1 cabbage. 2 leeks. 3 oz. dripping. 6 pints water. 4 oz. broken bread. Pepper and salt. Prepare the vegetables, and cut them all very small ; wash and dry them. Melt the dripping in a large saucepan ; add the vegetables, put the lid on the pan, and toss the contents over the fire until all are well mixed. Pour on the water ; let it come to the boil without a lid; add seasonings, and skim well. Boil for half an hour, skimming at intervals as required. Cover, and let simmer for one hour or until the vegetables are thoroughly cooked. Put the broken bread into a hot soup tureen, and pour the boiling soup over it. Cover, and send to table very hot. BROTH MAIGRE. 4 onions. 2 potatoes. 1 cupful of rice. 2 oz. dripping. 1 carrot. J turnip. 2 quarts water

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