Home › Soups › Mock Turtle Soup

Mock Turtle Soup

2 quarts cold water 2 tablespoons carrot 2 tablespoons celery 2 sprigs parsley 2 tablespoons chopped ham 8 tablespoons meat from calf's head 1 tablespoon salt 2 cups brown stock 1 tablespoon mushrooms Cover calf's head with cold water. Add vinegar, vegetables and seasonings. Simmer two hours. Remove one cupful of meat. cool; remove fat. add brown stock, Simmer two hours longer. Strain; Brown butter; add flour and brown; strained liquor, chopped ham, calf's head meat, lemon, Madeira and mushrooms. Reheat and serve.

Should it be necessary to keep the soup hot, delay adding wine until serving. 2 ox-tails 1 onion stuck with 6 cloves 4 cup salt pork fat 2 quarts cold water pepper and cayenne 1 cup brown stock