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Consommé aux Nids d’Hirondelles

From A guide to modern cookery, 1909

Serves 4

The nests should be clean and transparent after soaking.

Presented as published in 1909. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from A guide to modern cookery (1909) by A. Escoffier, page 123. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CONSOMME AUX NIDS D’HIRONDELLES The nests used for this soup are those of the esculent swal- low, and their shape somewhat resembles that of the rind of a quartered, dry orange. In the first place, prepare a chicken consommé containing a large proportion of nutritious principles. Set three nests

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