Invalid Mock Turtle Soup

Ingredients

• 1 calf’s foot
• 1 small onion
• 2 ozs. of lean ham cut up small
• 1 quart of cold water
• 1 small carrot
• 1 small turnip
• Bunch of thyme and parsley
• 1 clove

Method

1. 1

   Divide the foot, put in a pan with the ingredients and water.

2. 2

   Bring to boil, remove scum, simmer for four hours.

3. 3

   Strain stock, lay foot on a dish, remove fat when cold.

4. 4

   Cut meat from foot, put in stock, simmer for one hour, thicken with cornflour mixed with cold stock, boil, add sherry, season with pepper and salt.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Domestic and economical cookery recipes (1897) by Lillie Richmond, page 78. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

INVALID MOCK TURTLE SOUP. INGREDIENTS. 1 calf’s foot | 1 small onion 2 ozs. of lean ham cut up small j 1 quart of cold water i small carrot | Bunch of thyme and parsley i small turnip | 1 clove METHOD. Divide the foot, which must have been previously well cleaned and scalded, and put in a pan with the above ingredients and the water. Bring it to the boil, remove the scum carefully, and let it simmer for four hours. Keep the cover on the pan. Then strain the stock, and lay the foot on a dish. When the stock is quite cold remove the fat. Cut the meat from the foot in small pieces, put it in a pan with the stock, let this now simmer gently for one hour ; then thicken with a dessertspoonful of cornflour, which must be mixed smoothly with two tablespoonsful of cold stock or water. Let it boil up, stirring all the time, then just before serving add half a glass of sherry, and colour it with a few drops of Champion’s browning. Season to taste with pepper and salt. The browning may be omitted. No. 538. INVALID GRAVY SOUP. INGREDIENTS. 1 lb. of gravy beef 1 oz. of butter 1£ pints of water J tablespoonful of cornflour 1 small onion 1 small carrot

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