Giblet Broth Soup

Ingredients

• a pint and a half of giblet broth
• an ounce and a half of butter
• four ounces of finely minced onion
• one tablespoonful of crime de riz
• one teaspoonful of turmeric powder
• half a teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon
• a saltspoonful of salt
• a tablespoonful of ground sweet almonds
• one of desiccated cocoanut
• a tablespoonful of pounded green ginger
• a teaspoonful of lemon-juice

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter in a casserole over low heat, add minced onion and fry until soft.

2. 2

   Mix crème de riz, turmeric, cinnamon, and salt, then fry with onions for 5 minutes.

3. 3

   Moisten with broth, add almonds, coconut, and ginger.

4. 4

   Bring to boil and simmer for 30 minutes.

5. 5

   Pass through a sieve, finish with lemon juice, and serve with fried bread croutons.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Fifty dinners (1895) by A. R. Kenney-Herbert, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a pint and a half of giblet broth as given in Menu i., or of fish broth as explained in Menu ii. This having been done, and the broth I. Ceylon strained into a bowl, put into an earthen- soup. ’ ^ ware casserole or stewpan an ounce and a half of butter ; melt this over a low fire, and then add four ounces of finely minced onion. Fry gently till the onion is soft, but not coloured ; and then put in — previously mixed on a small plate while the onions were being cooked — one tablespoonful of crime de riz., one teaspoonful of turmeric powder, half a teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon, and a saltspoonful of salt. Fry this with the butter and onions for five minutes ; then moisten with the broth, add a tablespoonful of ground sweet almonds with one of desiccated cocoanut, and a tablespoonful of pounded green ginger (procurable at ill Stores, and the herbalists’ at Covent Garden). Bring to the boil, and simmer for half an hour. Now empty the contents of the stewpan upon a large hair sieve, i6 WHITEBAIT. 17 pass the soup through, finish with a teaspoonful of lemon-juice

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