Post by Loupy on May 24, 2017 20:40:23 GMT -7
Mock Turtle Soup
From: Megan Elliott @ www.cheatsheet.com/life/forgotten-dishes-millennials-should-bring-back-to-life.html/
Lewis Carroll may have invented the mock turtle, but a real Victorian-era culinary trend inspired his imaginary animal. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the English upper crust developed a taste for turtle soup, made with fresh turtles shipped from overseas, Culinary Lore explained. The soup’s popularity spread. But only the very rich could afford real turtles; everyone else had to make do with substitutes, with the fake version eventually becoming even more common than the authentic one.
Originally, mock turtle soup often was made with ingredients, such as an entire calf’s head, but more modern recipes use more palatable meats, such as ground beef. This Cajun-inspired slow cooker version from Epicurious calls for sirloin.
Serves 4 to 6 people.
Ingredients:
1½ pounds ground sirloin
6 stalks celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup chopped onion
¾ cup butter
1 (15-ounce) can tomato purée
2 (14½-ounce) cans chicken broth
2 (14½-ounce) cans beef broth
½ cup flour mixed with 1 cup water
½ cup Worcestershire sauce
1 cup ketchup
1 teaspoon hot sauce
2 bay leaves
1½ teaspoons thyme
Salt and pepper to taste
1½ cups lemon juice
¼ cup flat-leaf parsley, minced
6 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
6 slices lemon, for garnish
1 cup sherry, or to taste, optional
Directions:
On the stove top, sauté the sirloin, celery, garlic, and onion in butter until meat is brown and veggies are translucent.
Add to the slow cooker.
Add tomato purée, chicken broth, beef broth, flour mixture, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, hot sauce, bay leaves, thyme, salt, and pepper to the slow cooker.
Stir.
Cook on low heat for 4 hours.
Add lemon juice, parsley, and eggs 30 minutes before serving.
Immediately before serving, remove bay leaves, add sherry to taste, and garnish with lemon slice.
From: Megan Elliott @ www.cheatsheet.com/life/forgotten-dishes-millennials-should-bring-back-to-life.html/
Lewis Carroll may have invented the mock turtle, but a real Victorian-era culinary trend inspired his imaginary animal. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the English upper crust developed a taste for turtle soup, made with fresh turtles shipped from overseas, Culinary Lore explained. The soup’s popularity spread. But only the very rich could afford real turtles; everyone else had to make do with substitutes, with the fake version eventually becoming even more common than the authentic one.
Originally, mock turtle soup often was made with ingredients, such as an entire calf’s head, but more modern recipes use more palatable meats, such as ground beef. This Cajun-inspired slow cooker version from Epicurious calls for sirloin.
Serves 4 to 6 people.
Ingredients:
1½ pounds ground sirloin
6 stalks celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup chopped onion
¾ cup butter
1 (15-ounce) can tomato purée
2 (14½-ounce) cans chicken broth
2 (14½-ounce) cans beef broth
½ cup flour mixed with 1 cup water
½ cup Worcestershire sauce
1 cup ketchup
1 teaspoon hot sauce
2 bay leaves
1½ teaspoons thyme
Salt and pepper to taste
1½ cups lemon juice
¼ cup flat-leaf parsley, minced
6 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
6 slices lemon, for garnish
1 cup sherry, or to taste, optional
Directions:
On the stove top, sauté the sirloin, celery, garlic, and onion in butter until meat is brown and veggies are translucent.
Add to the slow cooker.
Add tomato purée, chicken broth, beef broth, flour mixture, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, hot sauce, bay leaves, thyme, salt, and pepper to the slow cooker.
Stir.
Cook on low heat for 4 hours.
Add lemon juice, parsley, and eggs 30 minutes before serving.
Immediately before serving, remove bay leaves, add sherry to taste, and garnish with lemon slice.