Potage Olla-Podrida (Spanish Soup)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- the meats
- 375 grammes raw ham
- 1 small partridge
- half a small chicken
- 375 grammes chick-peas or garbanzos
- 2 small sausages called Chorizos
- 1 fine lettuce
- 1 litre water more than the Hochepot
Instructions
- Proceed as for the Hochepot à la Flamande, adding 375 grammes of raw ham, 1 small partridge and half a small chicken.
- Add, as the characteristic local note, 375 grammes of chick-peas or garbanzos, 2 Chorizos and 1 fine lettuce.
- Increase the moistening by a litre.
- Cook slowly and steadily for 6 hours.
- Serve the meats on one dish, the vegetables on another and the broth in the soup tureen, sending it all at the same time.