Cream of Chestnut Soup

Ingredients

• 1 quart of chestnuts
• 3 green stalks of celery
• 1 small blade of mace
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 quarts of clear stock
• 1 saltspoon of paprika
• 2 cups of hot milk
• the yolks of 2 eggs
• 1 cup of cream

Method

1. 1

   Cook chestnuts with celery, mace, and bay leaf until tender.

2. 2

   Mash through a sieve, return to fire, add stock, paprika, and hot milk.

3. 3

   Stir in beaten egg yolks and cream.

4. 4

   Strain and serve with croutons.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 9 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cream of Chestnut Soup. Cook 1 quart of chestnuts in water enough to cover them, with 3 green stalks of celety, 1 small blade of mace, and a bay leaf. As soon as the nuts are tender, mash them through a sieve. Return to the fire and add 2 quarts of clear stock, 1 saltspoon of paprika, 2 cups of hot milk. When the liquid boils remove to cooler part of range and stir in the yolks of 2 eggs beaten until light with 1 cup of cream. Strain the soup and serve with croutons. Com Soup. Take 6 ears of corn, cut from cob (cut the grains twice), put on cobs with enough cold water to cover them. After it boils 15 min- utes, remove from fire and scrape cobs again, adding to soup ; also 2 tablespoons of corn. Let it boil until tender. When ready to serve add butter the size of an egg, salt and pepper ; 1 teacup of hot cream may be added if desired. Serve immediately. Scotch Broth. Cover a neck of mutton with cold water, quarter 1 turnip and 1 carrot; grate 1 quarter of each, cut the remaining quarters in^ small pieces and add to kettle; also 1 large onion, and 1 cup of cabbage chopped fine. Simmer slowly 3 hours. Half an hour before serving add i^ cup of barley, and salt to taste. Consbmme. Take 3 pounds of shin beef, 1 carrot, 1 onion, 1 leek — (peel, but do not slice them), a little parsley, 3 cloves, 4 pepper corns, 1 bay leaf

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