Consomme Recipe 1

Ingredients for Consomme Recipe 1

• 3 lbs. beef round
• 1 lb. marrow-bone
• 3 lbs. knuckle of veal
• 1 quart chicken stock
• 1/3 cup carrot, diced
• 1/3 cup turnip, diced
• 1/3 cup celery, diced
• 1/3 cup sliced onion
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon peppercorns
• 4 cloves
• 3 sprigs thyme
• 1 sprig marjoram
• 2 sprigs parsley
• ½ bay leaf
• 3 quarts cold water

Instructions

1. Cut beef in one and one-half inch cubes and brown 1/2 in some of the marrow from marrow-bone.
2. Put remaining half in pot with cold water. Add veal, cut in pieces, browned meat, and bones.
3. Let stand half hour.
4. Heat slowly to boiling-point and let simmer three hours, removing scum as it forms on top of kettle.
5. Add chicken stock and simmer two hours.
6. Cook carrot, turnip, onion, and celery in butter five minutes; then add to soup, with remaining seasonings.
7. Cook one and one-half hours, strain, cool quickly, remove fat, and clear.

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