Superlative Soup (Dr. Kitchiner's)

Ingredients

• four pounds of the shin of beef
• a large onion
• six ounces of flour
• three quarts of boiling water
• a teaspoonful of ground allspice

Method

1. 1

   Cut the beef into six pieces.

2. 2

   Fry a large onion cut small in dripping, add the pieces of meat, and shake the pan to keep them from burning.

3. 3

   Dredge upon them gradually six ounces of flour, and stir all well together for five minutes.

4. 4

   Pour in gradually three quarts of boiling water.

5. 5

   Let the liquor boil, and carefully remove the scum as it rises.

6. 6

   Add salt and pepper and a teaspoonful of ground allspice.

7. 7

   Draw the pan to the side, and simmer its contents gently for three hours and a half.

8. 8

   Take the meat out, and serve it on a dish separately, with dressed vegetables.

9. 9

   Serve the soup in a tureen.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 10 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1938. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Superlative Soup (Dr. Kitchiner's).— Take four pounds of the shin of beef, and cut it into six pieces. Fry a large onion cut small in dripping, add the pieces of meat, and shake the pan to keep them from burning. Dredge upon them gradually six ounces of flour, and stir all well together for five minutes. Pour in gradually three quarts of boiling water. Let the liquor boil, and carefully remove the scum as it rises. Add salt and pepper and a tea-spoonfid of ground allspic

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