Genuine Turtle Soup

Ingredients

• five pounds of beef
• five pounds of veal
• one pound of ham
• four onions
• one carrot
• eighteen cloves
• one teaspoonful of pepper
• one full pint of water
• at least six quarts

Method

1. 1

   Layer meats and vegetables in a pot, cover with water, cook until glazed, then add more water and simmer.

2. 2

   Strain and add turtle meat, simmer until tender, season, and serve with Madeira wine.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 20 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Twentieth century home cook book (1905) by Francis Carruthers, page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GENUINE TURTLE SOUP. For a turtle weighing thirty to thirty-five pounds, use five pounds of beef, five pounds of veal, and one pound of ham ; butter the bottom of the soup-pot; arrange the meat in the pot in layers, with four onions, one carrot, eighteen cloves, one teaspoonful of pepper, and one full pint of water ; put the pot upon a brisk fire, stirring frequently until the entire pot is covered with a brown glaze ; then fill the pot with the water in which the turtle was boiled ; if this does not fill the pot add more water ; then put the pot on a slow fire, and let it cook very slowly for two hours ; skim well, thenstrain off this liquor, adding one quart of water to the meat, boil it another hour, and then strain into the other liquor. TO MAKE THE SOUP. Put a half pound of butter into a large soup pot, with a bouquet of the following herbs : Five sprigs of savory, five of thyme, four of basil, five of marjoram, and four bay leaves ; place it for a few minutes over a moder- ate fire ; be careful that it does not change color ; then stir in very gradually one half of a pound of fiovir to form a roux, which keep stirring over the fire until it becomes tinged lightly ; remove it from the tire and stir now and then until nearly cold ; then add the stock, which should be at least six quarts

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