Mock Turtle Soup

Ingredients

• A calf's head
• a shin of veal weighing six pounds
• an onion
• two table-spoonfuls of chopped carrot
• two table-spoonfuls of chopped turnip
• three stalks of celery
• a piece of stick cinnamon about three inches long
• half a blade of mace
• ten cloves
• twenty pepper-corns
• a bay leaf
• a sprig of parsley
• four table-spoonfuls of butter
• six table-spoonfuls of arrowroot or corn-starch
• one table-spoonful of walnut ketchup
• one table-spoonful of mushroom ketchup
• one table-spoonful of tomato ketchup
• two lemons
• a gill or more of Port
• some salt
• some pepper
• some egg or force-meat balls

Method

1. 1

   Begin cooking the day before.

2. 2

   Use a calf's head and shin of veal, along with onion, carrots, celery, cinnamon, mace, cloves, pepper, bay leaf, parsley, butter, arrowroot, ketchups, lemons, Port, salt, and pepper.

3. 3

   Prepare the ingredients and simmer to create a rich broth.

4. 4

   Adjust seasoning and serve with optional egg or force-meat balls.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 61. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mock Turtle Soup. The cooking must be begun the day before the soup will be wanted. A calf's head is one of the articles needed, but a part of it may be used for dishes other than the soup. The full list of materials required for six quarts of soup is as follows : A calf's head, a shin of veal weighing six pounds, an onion, two table-spoonfuls of chopped carrot, two of turnip, three stalks of celery if it may be had, a piece of stick cinnamon about three inches long, half a blade of mace, ten cloves, twenty pepper-corns, a bay leaf, a sprig of parsley, four table- spoonfuls of butter, six table-spoonfuls of arrowroot or corn-starch, one table-spoonful each of walnut, mushroom, and tomato ketchup (as ketchups vary in strength, more may be needed to give the soup the best possible flavor), two lemons, a quantity of cold water, a gill or more of Port, some salt and pepper, and, if one choose, some egg or force-meat balls

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