Royal Tomato Soup

Ingredients

• an old chicken
• two quarts of broth
• a saucerful of cut up celery
• one parsnip
• one onion, medium-sized
• about one-quarter pound butter
• a particle of lemon rind
• a small piece of mace
• six pepper seeds
• six allspice
• one kitchen-spoonful of flour
• one can of nice, red tomatoes
• a teaspoonful of sugar
• a pinch of red pepper
• one cup of cream

Method

1. 1

   Boil down an old chicken in a quantity of water sufficient to furnish two quarts of broth.

2. 2

   Take a saucerful of cut up celery, one parsnip and one onion, cut into small pieces.

3. 3

   Melt butter in a stew pan, add vegetables and stir frequently.

4. 4

   Add lemon rind, mace, pepper seeds, and allspice.

5. 5

   Simmer for about ten minutes without browning.

6. 6

   Add flour, stir well, then add chicken broth and tomatoes.

7. 7

   Boil for half an hour.

8. 8

   Add sugar, red pepper, and salt to taste.

9. 9

   Mash through a fine soup strainer and add cream immediately before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Times cook book, no. 2 (1905) by Los Angeles Times, page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ROYAL TOMATO SOUP. (For twelve persons.) Miss Wanda, Box 314, Alta- dena, Cal.— Boil down an old chicken in a quantity of water sufficient to furnish two quarts of broth. Then take a saucerful of cut up celery, one parsnip and one onion, me- dium-sized, cut into small pieces. Put about one-quarter pound butter in a stew pan and let it melt; then add the cut up vegetables and stir very frequently. Then add a particle of lemon rind, a small piece of mace, six pep- per seeds and likewise six allspice. Let it simmer for about ten minutes, taking care not to let it get brown. Now add one kitchen- spoonful of flour; stir the whole very well. This done, add the chicken broth and one can of nice, red tomatoes. Let the whole quantity boil up for one-half hour. Now add a teaspoonful of sugar, a pinch of red * pep- per and salt to taste. Mash through a fine soup strainer and add one cup of cream

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