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PHEASANT SOUP
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PHEASANT SOUP

13 ingredients 6 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

376
Calories
35g
Protein
20g
Fat
13g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Cayenne 1 tsp (1.8g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Pheasant not in our table 0
Mace 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

  • 2 slices of ham
  • 1/2 head of celery
  • 3 quarts of stock
  • 2 pheasants
  • 2 large onions sliced
  • two french rolls
  • 2 eggs boiled hard
  • one boil
  • 10 persons
  • 1 pheasant will suffice
  • salt
  • cayenne
  • mace

Directions

1

179. INGREDIENTS.--2 pheasants, 1/4 lb. of butter, 2 slices of ham, 2 large onions sliced, 1/2 head of celery, the crumb of two French rolls, the yolks of 2 eggs boiled hard, salt and cayenne to taste, a little pounded mace, if liked; 3 quarts of stock No. 105.

2

_Mode_.--Cut up the pheasants, flour and braise them in the butter and ham till they are of a nice brown, but not burnt. Put them in a stewpan, with the onions, celery, and seasoning, and simmer for 2 hours. Strain the soup; pound the breasts with the crumb of the roll previously soaked, and the yolks of the eggs; put it to the soup, give one boil, and serve.

3

_Time_.--2-1/2 hours. _Average cost_, 2s. 10d. per quart, or, if made with fragments of gold game, 1s.

4

_Seasonable_ from October to February.

5

_Sufficient_ for 10 persons.

6

_Note_.--Fragments, pieces and bones of cold game, may be used to great advantage in this soup, and then 1 pheasant will suffice.

By Isabella Beeton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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