G'ma Evelyn's Brown Meat Soup Or Consomme


Course : Soups
Serves: 4 - 6
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Ingredients:


3 pounds beef -- neck or heel of round

3 pounds veal knuckle

1/3 cup diced carrot

1/3 cup diced turnip

1/3 cup diced celery

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons salt

3 quarts cold water

1 tablespoon peppercorns

4 whole cloves

1 sprig parsley

1/2 piece bay leaf

1/2 teaspoon thyme

1/4 teaspoon marjoram

1/3 cup onion -- diced
 

Preparation / Directions:


Cut beef in 1" cubes, and brown one-half in bone marrow. Let remaining meat and bones stand in cold salted water half an hour. Add browned meat and heat slowly to boiling point. Simmer, coverered, 3 to 5 hours, removing scum as it forms. Add vegetables and seasoning, continuing cooking two hours. Remove bones and serve soup with meat. Liquid may be strained off and cooled quickly. To clear stock allow 1 egg white to each quart of stock. Beat white slightly, combining with shell broken in small bits. Add to stock and boil for two minutes, stirring constantly. Remove scum, strain through double cheesecloth. Serve with crisp crackers.

 

Nutritional Information:

3736 Calories (kcal); 286g Total Fat; (69% calories from fat); 254g Protein; 26g Carbohydrate; 975mg Cholesterol; 13966mg Sodium


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