Common Carrot Soup

Ingredients

• 2 quarts beef broth or bouillon
• 1.5 pounds carrots, highly coloured
• to taste salt
• to taste cayenne pepper

Instructions

1. Boil highly coloured carrots quite tender in slightly salted water.
2. Pound or mash the carrots to a smooth paste.
3. Mix the mashed carrots with two quarts of boiling beef broth or strong gravy soup in the proportion of two quarts to a pound and a half of prepared carrots.
4. Pass the whole through a strainer.
5. Season with salt and cayenne to taste.
6. Heat in a clean stewpan and serve immediately.