Red Consommé, Double Strength

Ingredients

• 4-5 funt beef
• browned bones from roast beef
• 3/4 funt root vegetables
• 2 onion
• 1 herb bundle
• 1 turnip
• 1/2 tbsp dried green peas
• 2 dried mushrooms
• 1 piece sugar
• 2 cloves / nutmeg
• 1/2 funt beef
• 1/2 funt chicken for the raft
• 3 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.