Red Consommé, Double Strength

Ingredients

• funt beef
• browned bones from roast beef
• funt root vegetables
• onion
• herb bundle
• turnip
• tbsp dried green peas
• dried mushrooms
• piece sugar
• cloves / nutmeg
• funt beef and chicken for the raft
• egg whites

Instructions

1. Brown 4–5 funt beef (or 3 funt beef plus a chicken) fat-side down with roots and herb bundle.
2. Proceed as No. 3, adding dried mushrooms, swede, dried peas and spices to taste.
3. Skim, strain, and clarify with a beef-and-chicken raft with egg whites as in No. 3.
4. Serve clear with dill, croutons, pirozhki or turned roots.