Scotch Leek Soup

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (4)
soup base
thickener
Instructions (8)
  1. Make this soup to most advantage the day after a leg of mutton has been boiled.
  2. Into the liquor from which put four large leeks, cut in pieces.
  3. Season with pepper and salt.
  4. Let it boil gently for a quarter of an hour.
  5. Mix half a pint of oatmeal with cold water till quite smooth.
  6. Pour this into the soup.
  7. Let it simmer gently half an hour longer.
  8. Serve it up.
Original Text
Scotch Leek Soup. You make this soup to most advantage the day after a leg of mutton has been boiled, into the liquor from which put four large leeks, cut in pieces. Season with pepper and salt, and let it boil gently for a quarter of an hour. Mix half a pint of oatmeal with cold water till quite smooth; pour this into the soup; let it simmer gently half an hour longer; and serve it up.
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