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ASPARAGUS SOUP
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ASPARAGUS SOUP

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

299
Calories
16g
Protein
10g
Fat
41g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pea 1/2 cup (72g) 62
Broccoli 1 cup chopped (156g) 55
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Asparagus 6 spears (90g) 27
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3 slices of bacon
  • 1/2 pint of pale ale
  • 2 quarts of water
  • 1-1/2 pint of split peas
  • 3 quarts of water
  • a pint of asparagus-tops cut small
  • a head of celery
  • a pint of asparagus cut small
  • a pint of cream
  • 5 lbs
  • 1 cabbage lettuce
  • 1 french roll
  • 8 persons
  • 4 young onions
  • 1 lettuce cut small
  • pepper
  • salt

Directions

1

113. INGREDIENTS.--5 lbs. of lean beef, 3 slices of bacon, 1/2 pint of pale ale, a few leaves of white beet, spinach, 1 cabbage lettuce, a little mint, sorrel, and marjoram, a pint of asparagus-tops cut small, the crust of 1 French roll, seasoning to taste, 2 quarts of water.

2

_Mode_.--Put the beef, cut in pieces and rolled in flour, into a stewpan, with the bacon at the bottom; cover it close, and set it on a slow fire, stirring it now and then till the gravy is drawn. Put in the water and ale, and season to taste with pepper and salt, and let it stew gently for 2 hours; then strain the liquor, and take off the fat, and add the white beet, spinach, cabbage lettuce, and mint, sorrel, and sweet marjoram, pounded. Let these boil up in the liquor, then put in the asparagus-tops cut small, and allow them to boil till all is tender. Serve hot, with the French roll in the dish.

3

_Time_.--Altogether 3 hours. _Average cost_ per quart, 1s. 9d.

4

_Seasonable_ from May to August.

5

_Sufficient_ for 8 persons.

6

114. INGREDIENTS.--1-1/2 pint of split peas, a teacupful of gravy, 4 young onions, 1 lettuce cut small, 1/2 a head of celery, 1/2 a pint of asparagus cut small, 1/2 a pint of cream, 3 quarts of water: colour the soup with spinach juice.

7

_Mode_.--Boil the peas, and rub them through a sieve; add the gravy, and then stew by themselves the celery, onions, lettuce, and asparagus, with the water. After this, stew altogether, and add the colouring and cream, and serve.

8

_Time_.--Peas 2-1/2 hours, vegetables 1 hour; altogether 4 hours. _Average cost_ per quart, 1s.

9

ASPARAGUS.--The ancients called all the sprouts of young vegetables asparagus, whence the name, which is now limited to a particular species, embracing artichoke, alisander, asparagus, cardoon, rampion, and sea-kale. They are originally mostly wild seacoast plants; and, in this state, asparagus may still be found on the northern as well as southern shores of Britain. It is often vulgarly called, in London, _sparrowgrass_; and, in it's cultivated form, hardly bears any resemblance to the original plant. Immense quantities of it are raised for the London market, at Mortlake and Deptford; but it belongs rather to the classes of luxurious than necessary food. It is light and easily digested, but is not very nutritious.

By Isabella Beeton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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