Mrs Beetons Soups Revisited
Artichoke (Jerusalem) Soup
(A White Soup)
2.85lt (5 pints) White Stock
1.8kg (4lb) Jerusalem Artichokes
600ml (1 pint) Boiling Milk or 285ml (½ pint) Boiling Cream
85g (3oz) Butter
3 Slices Lean Bacon or Ham
1 Turnip
1 Onion
½ Head Celery
2 Sugar Cubes
Salt and Cayenne, to taste
Put the bacon and vegetables, which should be cut into thin slices, into the saucepan with the butter.
Braise for 15 minutes, keeping well stirred.
Wash and pare the artichokes and after cutting into thin slices, add them, with 600ml (1 pint) of stock, to the other ingredients.
When they have gently stewed down to a smooth pulp, add the remaining stock.
Stir well, adding the seasoning.
Simmer for five minutes.
Pass it through a strainer.
Return to the saucepan, simmer again for five minutes, skim well.
Stir in the boiling milk or cream.
Serve with small sippets (triangles) of bread fried in butter.
Time: 1 hour.
Sufficient for 8 persons.
Seasonable from June to October.
ARTICHOKE (JERUSALEM) SOUP
(A White Soup)
112. INGREDIENTS - 3 slices of lean bacon or ham, 1/2 a head of celery, 1 turnip, 1 onion, 3 oz. of butter, 4 lbs. of artichokes, 1 pint of boiling milk, or 1/2 pint of boiling cream, salt and cayenne to taste, 2 lumps of sugar, 2-1/2 quarts of white stock.
Mode - Put the bacon and vegetables, which should be cut into thin slices, into the stewpan with the butter. Braise these for 1/4 of an hour, keeping them well stirred. Wash and pare the artichokes, and after cutting them into thin slices, add them, with a pint of stock, to the other ingredients. When these have gently stewed down to a smooth pulp, put in the remainder of the stock. Stir it well, adding the seasoning, and when it has simmered for five minutes, pass it through a strainer. Now pour it back into the stewpan, let it again simmer five minutes, taking care to skim it well, and stir it to the boiling milk or cream. Serve with small sippets of bread fried in butter.
Time - 1 hour.
Average cost per quart, 1s. 2d.
Seasonable from June to October.
Sufficient for 8 persons.
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