Apple Soup

Ingredients

• 5 pints mutton broth, bouillon, or shin of beef stock
• 1.5 pounds cooking apples
• 1 small teaspoon powdered ginger
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper
• rice

Instructions

1. Clear the fat from the broth or stock and strain it through a fine sieve.
2. Bring the strained broth to a boil.
3. Add the apples and stew them down very gently to a smooth pulp, about 25 to 40 minutes.
4. Press the entire mixture through a strainer.
5. Add the powdered ginger and plenty of pepper to taste.
6. Simmer the soup for a couple of minutes.
7. Skim the soup.
8. Serve very hot, accompanied by a dish of boiled rice prepared as for curries.