Kangaroo Tail Soup

Ingredients

• 1 kangaroo tail
• 2 lbs. gravy beef
• 2 carrots
• 2 turnips
• 1 glass port wine
• 6 cloves
• 2 pieces ginger
• A small lemon
• 2 qts. water
• Pepper and salt

Method

1. 1

   Chop the tail into small pieces and put it into a saucepan with the beef cut very small, and pepper and salt.

2. 2

   Allow it to boil for two hours and then strain.

3. 3

   Put the soup back into the saucepan; pick out the smaller pieces of the tail and add to the soup with the carrots and turnips (cut up very finely), the cloves and ginger (pounded), wine, and juice of half a lemon; boil until the vegetables are well cooked.

4. 4

   Serve with sippets.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery book (1899) by H. Maclurcan, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

KANGAEEOO TAIL SOUP. 1 kangaroo tail 2 carrots 2 lbs. gravy beef 2 turnips 1 glass port wine 6 cloves Pepper and salt 2 pieces ginger A small lemon 2 qts. water

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