Regency Soup
Origin: London, England
Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861
Ingredients
- Any bones and remains of any cold game
- such as of pheasants
- partridges
- 2 carrots
- 2 small onions
- 1 head celery
- 1 turnip
- 1/4 lb pearl barley
- the yolks of 3 eggs boiled hard
- 1/4 pint cream
- salt to taste
- 2 quart stock No. 105, or common stock, No. 106
Instructions
- Place the bones or remains of game in the stewpan, with the vegetables sliced;
- pour over the stock, and simmer for 2 hours;
- skim off all the fat, and strain it.
- Wash the barley, and boil it in 2 or 3 waters before putting it to the soup; finish simmering in the soup, and when the barley is done, take out half, and pound the other half with the yolks of the eggs.
- When you have finished pounding, rub it through a clean tammy, add the cream, and salt if necessary; give one boil, and serve very hot, putting in the barley that was taken out first.