Soup in Haste

Modern cookery for private families · Acton, Eliza · 1845

Source: Modern cookery for private families
Time: Total: 30 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (18)

Soup Base

a pound of lean beef, mutton, or veal ↝ Beef, ground, 93% lean meat / 7% fat, raw [Beef Products]
a small carrot ↝ Carrots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
one small turnip ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
half an ounce of celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
the white part of a moderate-sized leek ↝ Leeks [Onions]
a quarter of an ounce of onion ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
three pints of cold water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]

Optional Flavoring

cayenne ↝ Peppers, raw, NFS [Other vegetables and combinations]
catsup ↝ Catsup [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
aught else that is preferred ↝ Spices, poultry seasoning [Spices and Herbs]

For French Spring Broth

a handful of young and well washed sorrel ↝ Chard, raw [Other dark green vegetables]

Emergency Family Soup

Three pounds of beef or mutton ↝ Beef, ground, raw [Ground beef]
two or three slices of ham ↝ Ham [Cold cuts and cured meats]
vegetables in proportion to the above receipt ↝ Raw vegetable, NFS [Other vegetables and combinations]
three quarts of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
a little spice ↝ Spices, paprika [Spices and Herbs]

Instructions (13)

Chop tolerably fine a pound of lean beef, mutton, or veal.
When it is partly done, add to it a small carrot and one small turnip cut in slices, half an ounce of celery, the white part of a moderate-sized leek, or a quarter of an ounce of onion.
Mince all these together.
Put the whole into a deep saucepan with three pints of cold water.
When the soup boils take off the scum, and add a little salt and pepper.
In half an hour it will be ready to serve with or without straining.
It may be flavoured at will, with cayenne, catsup, or aught else that is preferred.
It may be converted into French spring broth, by passing it through a sieve, and boiling it again for five or six minutes, with a handful of young and well washed sorrel.

Emergency Family Soup Variation

Chop fine three pounds of beef or mutton, with two or three slices of ham, and vegetables in proportion to the above receipt.
Boil in three quarts of water for an hour and a half.
Additional boiling will of course improve it.
Add a little spice after it has been skimmed and salted.
It may easily be converted into carrot, turnip, or ground-rice soup after it is strained.

Original Text

SOUP IN HASTE.

Chop tolerably fine a pound of lean beef, mutton, or veal, and when it is partly done, add to it a small carrot and one small turnip cut in slices, half an ounce of celery, the white part of a moderate-sized leek, or a quarter of an ounce of onion. Mince all these together, and put the whole into a deep saucepan with three pints of cold water. When the soup boils take off the scum, and add a little salt and pepper. In half an hour it will be ready to serve with or without straining: it may be flavoured at will, with cayenne, catsup, or aught else that is preferred, or it may be converted into French spring broth, by passing it through a sieve, and boiling it again for five or six minutes, with a handful of young and well washed sorrel. Meat, 1 lb.; carrot, 2 oz.; turnip, 1-1/2 oz.; celery, 1/2 oz.; onion, 1/4 oz. water, 3 pints: half an hour. Little pepper and salt.

44Obs.—Three pounds of beef or mutton, with two or three slices of ham, and vegetables in proportion to the above receipt, all chopped fine, and boiled in three quarts of water for an hour and a half, will make an excellent family soup on an emergency: additional boiling will of course improve it, and a little spice should be added after it has been skimmed and salted. It may easily be converted into carrot, turnip, or ground-rice soup after it is strained.

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