White Soup (Alternate Recipe)

Ingredients

• a scrag of mutton
• a knuckle of veal
• two shank-bones of mutton
• ½ lb. of fine lean bacon
• sweet herbs
• lemon-peel
• three onions
• three blades of mace
• a dessert-spoonful of white pepper
• three quarts of water
• ½ lb. of sweet almonds
• a pint of thick cream
• a bit of fresh lemon-peel
• a blade of mace

Method

1. 1

   Boil mutton, veal, shank-bones, bacon, herbs, lemon-peel, onions, mace, and white pepper in water until meat falls apart.

2. 2

   Skim fat, clear jelly, and add macaroni if desired.

3. 3

   Prepare a paste of blanched almonds, veal or chicken, stale bread, cream, lemon-peel, and mace.

4. 4

   Boil, add to soup, strain, and pulp through a sieve.

5. 5

   Boil for half an hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 528. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a knuckle of veal, a fowl, and a shank of ham ; put them into a pan with 6 quarts of water ; add £ lb. of rice, two an- chovies, some peppercorns, sweet herbs, two onions, and a head of celery ; stew the whole till strong enough, and strain. The next day skim it carefully, and pour it into a stewpan ; put in lb. of sweet almonds beaten fine ; boil 15 minutes, and strain. WHITE SOUP.— Take a scrag of mutton, a knuckle of veal after cut- ting off as much meat as will make collops, tw> shank-bones of mutton, and }i lb. of fine lean bacon, sweeS herbs, lemon-peel, three onions, three blades of mace, and a dessert-spoonful of white pepper ; boil all in three quarts of water, till the meat falls to pieces. Next day take off the fat, clear the jelly from the sediment, and put it into a saucepan. If macaroni is used, add it soon enough to get tender, after soaking in cold water. Vermi- celli may be added after the thickening, as it requires less time to do. Have ready the following : — Blanch % lb. of sweet almonds, and beat them to a paste, with a spoonful of water to pre- vent their oiling ; mince a large slice of dressed veal or chicken, and beat with it a piece of stale white bread ; add a pint of thick cream, a bit of fresh lemon-peel, and a blade of mace

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