Duchess Soup

Ingredients

• 4 cups Chicken Stock (p. 151)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 slices carrot, cut in cubes
• 1 cup flour
• 2 slices onion
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 blades mace
• 1 1/2 cup grated mild cheese
• 2 cups scalded milk

Method

1. 1

   Cook vegetables 3 minutes in 1/4 tablespoons butter, then add stock and mace; boil 15 minutes, strain, and add milk.

2. 2

   Bind with butter and flour cooked together and season.

3. 3

   Stir in cheese and serve as soon as cheese is melted.

4. 4

   Serves 8 to 12.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Boston Cooking-School cook book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", James B. Herndon , Herndon/Vehling Collection, Sam Sloan, D. A. Lincoln, page 63. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DUCHESS SOUP 4 cups Chicken Stock (p. 151) ¥% cup butter 2 slices carrot, cut in cubes Y cup flour 2 slices onion 1 teaspoon salt 2 blades mace ¥% teaspoon pepper 1% cup grated mild cheese 2 cups scalded milk Cook vegetables 3 minutes in 114 tablespoons butter, then add stock and mace; boil 15 minutes, strain, and add milk. Bind with butter and flour cooked together and season. Stir in cheese and serve as soon as cheese is melted. Serves 8 to 12. POTAGE A LA REINE OR ROYAL SOUP 1 cup stale bread crumbs soaked in Salt and pepper 4 cup milk 11% cups scalded milk Yolks 3 hard-cooked eggs 3% cups Chicken Stock (p. 151) Breast meat from a boiled chicken 2% tablespoons butter 24% tablespoons flour Rub egg yolks and chicken meat through sieve. Add to bread crumbs soaked in milk. Add gradually scalded milk and stock. Bind with butter and flour cooked together. Season. Serves 8 to 10. 154 THE BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL COOK BOOK IMPERIAL SOUP 4 cups Chicken Stock (p. 151) 4 teaspoon peppercorns 2 cups stale bread crumbs Bit of bay leaf 2 stalks celery, broken in pieces Blade of mace 2 slices carrot, cut in cubes 1 teaspoon salt 1 small onion Y% breast boiled chicken 3 tablespoons butter 4% cup blanched almonds Sprig of parsley 1 cup cream 2 cloves ¥% cup milk Cook celery, carrot, and onion in 1 tablespoon butter 5 minutes; tie in cheesecloth with parsley, cloves, peppercorns, bay leaf, and mace; add to stock with salt and bread crumbs, simmer 1 hour, remove seasonings; rub through sieve. Chop chicken meat and rub through sieve; pound almonds to a paste, add to chicken, then add cream. Combine mixtures, add milk, reheat, and bind with butter and flour cooked together. CHICKEN GUMBO 1 onion, finely chopped 1 cup cooked or canned okra 4 tablespoons butter 2 teaspoons salt 1 quart Chicken Stock (p. 151) 4 teaspoon pepper 1% green pepper, finely chopped 1 to 2 cups canned tomatoes Cook onion in butter 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Add to stock with remaining ingredients. Bring to boiling point and sim- mer 40 minutes. Serves 6 to 8. TOMATO MADRILENE 2 cups tomato juice 44 cup cold water, stock, or 2 cups Chicken Stock (p. 151) tomato juice 3 tablespoons granulated gelatine Seasonings soaked in Dissolve gelatine in 14 cup hot stock, add remaining stock, and tomato juice. Season to taste and strain. Chill. Break up with fork or cut in cubes, and serve piled in bouillon cups. If desired, add 14 cup diced cooked chicken as soup is beginning to thicken. Serves 6 to 8. SOUPS WITH STOCK P35 CREAM OF ALMOND SOUP 2% cup almonds 3 stalks celery 6 bitter almonds 3 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons cold water 3 tablespoons flour Y teaspoon salt 2 cups scalded milk 3 cups Chicken Stock (p. 151) 1 cup scalded cream 1 small onion Salt and pepper Put almonds through food chopper, using finest cutter, adding water and salt slowly during process. Simmer with stock, onion, and celery and rub through sieve. Bind with butter and flour cooked together. Add milk, cream, salt, and pepper. Serves 6. CREAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP 3 cups Veal or Chicken Stock (p. 151) 14 cup butter

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