Another Vegetable Soup

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806

Source: New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (16)

Base vegetables

six large onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
six potatoes ↝ Potatoes, raw, skin [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
six carrots ↝ Carrots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
four turnips ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
half a pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
four quarts of boiling water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
a crust of bread ↝ Bread, vegetable [Yeast breads]
some celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
sweet herbs
white pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, white [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]

For serving

sliced carrot ↝ Carrots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a little turnip ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

Optional additions

an anchovy
a spoonful of catsup ↝ Catsup [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

Instructions (10)

Peel and slice six large onions, six potatoes, six carrots, and four turnips.
Fry them in half a pound of butter.
Pour on them four quarts of boiling water.
Toast a crust of bread as brown and hard as possible, but do not burn it.
Put the toasted bread, some celery, sweet herbs, white pepper and salt, to the above.
Stew gently four hours.
Strain through a coarse cloth.
Have ready sliced carrot, celery, and a little turnip, and add to your liking.
Stew them tender in the soup.
If approved, you may add an anchovy, and a spoonful of catsup.

Original Text

Another Vegetable Soup.

Peel and slice six large onions, six potatoes, six carrots, and four turnips: fry them in half a pound of butter: pour on them four quarts of boiling water, and toast a crust of bread as brown and hard as possible, but do not burn it: put that, some celery, sweet herbs, white pepper and salt, to the above: stew gently four hours, strain through a coarse cloth: have ready sliced carrot, celery, and a little turnip, and add to your liking; and stew them tender in the soup. If approved, you may add an anchovy, and a spoonful of catsup.

Notes

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