Consommé

Ingredients

• 2 Ibs. beef, poorer part
• 1 quart chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 lbs. knuckle of veal
• 1 lb. marrow bone
• 2 quarts cold water
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 12 peppercorns
• 3 cloves
• 4 cup, each, carrot
• 4 cup, each, onion
• 4 cup, each, celery
• 1 sprig parsley
• 1 sprig marjoram
• 4 bay leaf

Method

1. 1

   Wipe meat, cut in one-half inch cubes and brown one-half in marrow from marrow bone; put remainder in soup kettle with cold water, add browned meat, veal cut in pieces and bones.

2. 2

   Let stand one-half hour, heat slowly to boiling point, and let simmer four hours.

3. 3

   Add chicken stock and simmer one hour.

4. 4

   Cook vegetables in butter five minutes.

5. 5

   Add to soup with seasonings and simmer one and one-half hours.

6. 6

   Strain, cool quickly, remove fat, and clear.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from What to Have for Dinner (1905) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, page 64. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 Ibs. beef, poorer part of 1 quart chicken stock round 2 tablespoons butter 2 lbs. knuckle of veal 1 tablespoon salt 1 lb. marrow bone 12 peppercorns 2 quarts cold water 3 cloves 4 cup, each, carrot, onion? sprigs parsley and celery, cut in small 1 sprig marjoram pieces 4 bay leaf Wipe meat, cut in one-half inch cubes and brown one- half in marrow from marrow bone; put remainder in soup kettle with cold water, add browned meat, veal cut in pieces and bones. Let stand one-half hour, heat 240 \What to Have for Dinner. slowly to boiling point, and let simmer four hours. Add chicken stock and simmer one hour. Cook vegetables in butter five minutes. Add to soup with seasonings and simmer one and one-half hours. Strain, cool quickly, remove fat, and clear. CONSOMME AU PARMESAN. Put grated Parmesan cheese in a small glass serving dish, and pass with consommé

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