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CHEAP, CLEAR GRAVY SOUP
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CHEAP, CLEAR GRAVY SOUP

11 ingredients 2 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

65
Calories
1g
Protein
0g
Fat
15g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Meat not in our table 0
Water 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

  • ten pounds of the meat let the butcher cut evenly off five
  • three quarts of cold water
  • a large teaspoonful of peppercorns
  • an ounce of sugar
  • a small tablespoonful of good soy
  • six from the thick fleshy part
  • eight cloves
  • two blades of mace
  • salt
  • cloves
  • mace

Directions

1

The shin or leg of beef, if not large or coarse, will answer extremely well for this soup, and afford at the same time a highly economical dish of boiled meat, which will be found very tender, and very _palatable_ also, if it be served with a sauce of some piquancy. From about ten pounds of the meat let the butcher cut evenly off five or six from the thick fleshy part, and again divide the knuckle, that the whole may lie compactly in the vessel in which it is to be stewed. Pour in three quarts of cold water, and when it has been brought slowly to boil, and been well skimmed, as directed for _bouillon_ (Page 8), throw in an ounce and a half of salt, half a large teaspoonful of peppercorns, eight cloves, two blades of mace, a faggot of savoury herbs, a couple of small carrots, and the heart of a root of celery; to these add a mild onion or not, at choice. When the whole has stewed very softly for four hours, probe the larger bit of beef, and if quite tender, lift it out for table; let the soup be simmered from two to three hours longer, and then strain it through a fine sieve, into a clean pan. When it is perfectly cold, clear off every particle of fat; heat a couple of quarts, stir in, when it boils, half an ounce of sugar, a small tablespoonful of good soy, and twice as much of Harvey’s sauce, or instead of this, of clear and fine mushroom catsup. If carefully made, the soup will be perfectly transparent and of good colour and flavour. A thick slice of lean ham will improve it, and a pound or so of the neck of beef with an additional pint of water, will likewise enrich its quality. A small quantity of good broth may be made of the fragments of the whole boiled down with a few fresh vegetables.

2

Brown caper, or hot horseradish sauce, or _sauce Robert_, or _sauce piquante_, made with the liquor in which it is boiled, may be served with the portion of the meat which is sent to table.

By Eliza Acton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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