SOUPS
Reading edition
BOUILLON
2 pounds of chopped lean beef 2 quarts of cold water 1 small onion 12 cloves 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar 2 teaspoonfuls of salt 12 whole peppercorns A dash of cayenne Juice of half a lemon
Put the sugar in the soup kettle, add the onion, sliced, and shake until the onion is thoroughly browned and the sugar almost burned; add the meat, shake it for a moment, and add the water. Cover, bring to boiling point, and put over a slow fire to simmer for two hours. Add all the seasonings and simmer one hour longer. Strain through a colander, pressing the meat. Beat the whites of two eggs slightly, then whisk them into the warm bouillon, and add the juice of the lemon. Bring to boiling point, boil rapidly five minutes, let it stand a moment, and strain through two thicknesses of cheese cloth. This should stand until it is perfectly cold, so that every particle of fat may be removed from the surface. Reheat to serve.
This will serve ten persons, using ordinary bouillon cups.
CLAM BOUILLON
50 large clams 2 quarts of water 12 whole peppercorns 1/2 teaspoonful of celery seed
Wash and scrub the clams thoroughly. Put them, a few at a time, in the soup kettle, the bottom of which has been covered with a pint of boiling water. Boil rapidly, take the clams out with a skimmer, and put in another lot, and so continue until all the clams have been cooked. Remove them from the shells, saving all the liquor. Chop and return them, with the liquor and remaining water, to the soup kettle. Simmer gently a half hour, then add the peppercorns, crushed, and the celery seed. Cover the kettle, take it from the fire and allow it to stand until perfectly cold. Strain through two thicknesses of cheese cloth. Reheat to serve.
This will serve fifteen persons.
BELLEVUE BOUILLON
1 quart of plain or chicken bouillon 1 quart of clam bouillon 1/2 pint of cream Paprika
This is one of the most elegant of all bouillons. Heat the bouillons separately, mix them at the last minute, pour at once into heated cups, put a tablespoonful of whipped cream on the top of each cup, garnish with a dusting of paprika, and send to the table.
This will serve ten persons; in a pinch, twelve.
CHICKEN BOUILLON
1 four pound fowl 3 quarts of water 1 onion 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar 1 teaspoonful of salt 1 bay leaf 1 saltspoonful of celery seed, or one half cupful of chopped celery 1 saltspoonful of black pepper
Draw the chicken and cut it up as for a fricassee. Scald and skin the feet, and crack them thoroughly with your cleaver knife. Put the sugar in a soup kettle, add the onion, sliced, shake over a quick fire until brown, add the chicken and the water, bring to boiling point, and skim. Simmer gently for two hours. Add all the seasonings, simmer one hour longer, and strain. Add the juice of half a lemon and the whites of two eggs, slightly beaten. Boil rapidly five minutes, and strain through two thicknesses of cheese cloth. Reheat to serve. This may be used in place of beef bouillon, with the clam broth, for Bellevue bouillon.
This will serve twelve persons.
OYSTER BOUILLON
50 fat oysters 2 quarts of water 12 whole peppercorns 12 whole allspice 1-1/2 teaspoonfuls of salt
Drain and wash the oysters. Throw them at once in a hot kettle, shake until the gills have curled, cover the kettle, and simmer gently for fifteen minutes. Drain again, this time saving the liquor. Return it to the kettle with the peppercorns and allspice, crushed, and water. Chop the oysters with a silver knife, put them back in the kettle, simmer gently a half hour, and add the salt. Strain through two thicknesses of cheese cloth, reheat and serve with whipped cream on top of each cup.
This serves fifteen persons.
TOMATO PUREE à la RORER
1 quart can of tomatoes 1/2 pint of cream 1 quart of chicken bouillon 2 tablespoonfuls of butter 2 tablespoonfuls of arrowroot 1 bay leaf 1 blade of mace 1 onion 1 teaspoonful of salt 1 teaspoonful of paprika
Add the onion, paprika, mace and bay leaf to the tomatoes, boil rapidly five minutes. Moisten the arrowroot with three or four tablespoonfuls of cold water, add it to the hot tomato, boil ten minutes, and press through a sieve. Add the chicken bouillon, boil ten minutes, add the butter, and, when the butter is thoroughly dissolved, turn at once into cups. Put a tablespoonful of whipped cream on top of each, and serve.
This will serve ten persons.
GLAZE
Glaze is absolutely necessary for fine cooking, either for the browning of sweetbreads, birds or chickens.
Cover a half box of gelatin with a half cupful of cold water to soak for an hour. Put one quart of good bouillon, chicken or beef, over the fire, and boil it rapidly until reduced to a pint; add the gelatin. As soon as the gelatin is dissolved, strain the mixture. Put four tablespoonfuls of sugar into an iron saucepan, stir until it is browned, then add to it slowly the hot glaze, stir until it is thoroughly melted, turn it into a china or granite receptacle, and stand away to cool. Keep this in the refrigerator, and use it according to directions.