Mrs Beetons Soups Revisited
Portable Soup
2 Veal Knuckles
3 Shins of Beef
Water, to cover
3 Onions
3 Carrots
2 Heads Celery
1 Bouquet Garni of Herbs
2 Bay Leaves
2 Blades Mace
6 Cloves
1 tsp Salt
Remove the marrow from the bones.
Place all of the ingredients in a stock pot.
Simmer slowly for 12 hours or more, if the meat be not done to rags.
Strain it and put in a very cool place.
Remove all of the fat.
Reduce the liquor in a shallow pan, by placing it over a sharp heat, but be careful it does not burn.
Boil it fast and uncovered for 8 hours and keep it stirred.
Put it into a deep dish and allow to stand for a day.
Have a saucepan of boiling water ready, place the dish in it and keep it boiling.
Stir occasionally and when the soup is thick and ropy, it is done.
Form it into little cakes by pouring a small quantity on to the bottom of cups or basins.
When cold, turn them out on a flannel to dry.
Keep them from the air in tin canisters.
Note: Soup can be made in 5 minutes with this, by dissolving a small piece, about the size of a walnut, in a pint of warm water and simmering for 2 minutes. Vermicelli, macaroni or other Italian pastes, may be added.
PORTABLE SOUP
180. INGREDIENTS - 2 knuckles of veal, 3 shins of beef, 1 large faggot of herbs, 2 bay-leaves, 2 heads of celery, 3 onions, 3 carrots, 2 blades of mace, 6 cloves, a teaspoonful of salt, sufficient water to cover all the ingredients.
Mode - Take the marrow from the bones; put all the ingredients in a stock-pot, and simmer slowly for 12 hours, or more, if the meat be not done to rags; strain it off, and put it in a very cool place; take off all the fat, reduce the liquor in a shallow pan, by setting it over a sharp fire, but be particular that it does not burn; boil it fast and uncovered for 8 hours, and keep it stirred. Put it into a deep dish, and set it by for a day. Have ready a stewpan of boiling water, place the dish in it, and keep it boiling; stir occasionally, and when the soup is thick and ropy, it is done. Form it into little cakes by pouring a small quantity on to the bottom of cups or basins; when cold, turn them out on a flannel to dry. Keep them from the air in tin canisters.
Average cost, of this quantity, 16s.
Note - Soup can be made in 5 minutes with this, by dissolving a small piece, about the size of a walnut, in a pint of warm water, and simmering for 2 minutes. Vermicelli, macaroni, or other Italian pastes, may be added.
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