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MOCK TURTLE SOUP, OF CALF'S HEAD
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MOCK TURTLE SOUP, OF CALF'S HEAD

10 ingredients 3 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

311
Calories
29g
Protein
15g
Fat
16g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Cayenne 1 tsp (1.8g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 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

  • quarter teaspoonful pounded mace
  • a pound of lean ham
  • one onion
  • quarter bottle of madeira
  • one lemon
  • parsley
  • cayenne
  • pepper
  • salt
  • mace

Directions

1

Scald a well-cleansed calf's head, remove the brain, tie it up in a cloth, and boil an hour, or until the meat will easily slip from the bone; take out, save the broth; cut it in small square pieces, and throw them into cold water; when cool, put it in a stewpan, and cover with some of the broth; let it boil until quite tender, and set aside.

2

In another stewpan melt some butter, and in it put a quarter of a pound of lean ham, cut small, with fine herbs to taste; also parsley and one onion; add about a pint of the broth; let it simmer for two hours, and then dredge in a small quantity of flour; now add the remainder of the broth, and a quarter bottle of Madeira or sherry; let all stew quietly for ten minutes and rub it through a medium sieve; add the calf's head, season with a very little cayenne pepper, a little salt, the juice of one lemon, and, if desired, a quarter teaspoonful pounded mace and a dessert-spoon sugar.

3

Having previously prepared force meat balls, add them to the soup, and five minutes after serve hot.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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