Potage de Sante
From The closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened, 1910
A duck can be used instead of a capon.
Presented as published in 1910. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened (1910) by Sir Kenelm Digby, page 85. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
POTAGE DE SANTE Fill a large earthen pot with water, and make it boil ; then take out half the water, and put in Beef and Mutton (fit pieces) and boil and skim : and as soon as it boils, season it with Salt and Pepper. After an hour and half, or two hours, put in a Capon, and four or five Cloves ; when it is within a good half hour of being boiled enough, put in such herbs, as you intend, as Sorrel, Lettice, Purslane, Borage and Bugloss, or Green-pease ; and in the Winter, Parsley-roots and White-endive, or Na- vets, &c. so pour the broth upon tosted light bread, and let it stew a while in the dish covered. You should never put in fresh water. And if you should through the consuming of the water by long boiling, it must be boiling hot. The less broth re- mains, the better is the Potage, were it but a Por- renger full, so that it would be stiff gelly when it is cold. It is good to put into the water, at the first, a whole Onion or two ; and if you will, a spoonful of well-beaten orge monde^ or bottom crust of bread, or some of the bottom of a Venison Pasty. THE CLOSET OPEUjED 129 POTAGE DE SANTE Make strong broth with a piece of Beef, Mutton and Veal, adding a piece of the sinews of the leg of Beef, seasoning it with two great Onions quar- tered, some Cloves, and White-pepper. In due time put in a Capon, or take some broth out to boil it in. But before you put in the Capon, take out some of the Broth, in which boil and stew Turneps first prepared thus. Fry them in scalding butter
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