Consomme aux Legumes (Clear Soup with Vegetables)

Ingredients

• two carrots
• two turnips
• one onion
• half of a small cabbage
• two ounces of butter
• a teaspoonful of sugar
• two quarts of good clear beef stock
• a pint of water
• a small handful of sorrel and chervil leaves
• the crust of half a French roll

Method

1. 1

   Clean, peel, and cut the vegetables into small thin dice.

2. 2

   Fry them in butter till lightish brown, add sugar, then put in a pot with beef stock and water.

3. 3

   Bring to boil, skim, and simmer for an hour.

4. 4

   Add minced sorrel and chervil, cook for 5 more minutes.

5. 5

   Brown the crust of French roll and put in a tureen, pour soup over.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Consomme aux Legumes (Clear Soup with Vegetables) Creme de Chicoree aux Quenelles (Cream of Endive with Liver Quenelles) Saumon Dunkergne (Stewed Salmon) Filets de Soles Ostende (Cold Fillets of Soles) Filets de Pigeons (Fillets of Pigeons) Langue de Boeuf a la Bruges (Braised Ox-Tongue) Rave Farc6 (Stuffed Turnips) Capon a la Flammande (Braised Fowl) Tarte aux Pommes Cateau Riche (Apple Tart) (Rich Cake) Peche Glace (Peach Ice) Dessert (Fruit) 64 BELGIUM Consomme aux Legumes. (Clear Soup with Vegetables.) Clean, peel, and cut into small thin dice two carrots, two turnips, and one onion shred very fine, and half of a small cabbage. Put two ounces of butter into a pan, and when hot fry the above vegetables in it till a lightish brown ; now put in a teaspoonful of sugar, and shake over the fire for a couple of minutes. Put the vegetables on a drainer, and when dry put them in a pot containing two quarts of good clear beef stock and a pint of water ; bring to the boil, skim carefully, and simmer at the side of the fire for an hour. Wash and pick a small handful of sorrel and chervil leaves, which mince roughly and put in the soup. Cook for other five min- utes, removing any scum which may rise. Take the crust of half a French roll

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