American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Winter Vegetable Soup

Original Recipe

Scrape and slice three turnips and three carrots and peel three onions, and fry all with a little butter until a light yellow; add a bunch of celery and three or four leeks cut in pieces; stir and fry all the ingredients for six minutes; when fried, add one clove of garlic, two stalks of parsley, two cloves, salt, pepper and a little grated nutmeg; cover with three quarts of water and simmer for three hours, taking off the scum carefully. Strain and use. Croutons, vermicelli, Italian pastes, or rice may be added.

Ingredients

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  • 3 turnips and three carrots and peel three onions
  • 1 little butter until a light yellow
  • 1 bunch of celery and three or four leeks cut in pieces
  • 6 minutes
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 2 stalks of parsley
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 little grated nutmeg
  • 3 quarts of water and simmer for three hours

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Instructions

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    Scrape and slice three turnips and three carrots and peel three onions, and fry all with a little butter until a light yellow; add a bunch of celery and three or four leeks cut in pieces; stir and fry all the ingredients for six minutes; when fried, add one clove of garlic, two stalks of parsley, two cloves, salt, pepper and a little grated nutmeg; cover with three quarts of water and simmer for three hours, taking off the scum carefully.

  2. 2

    Strain and use.

  3. 3

    Croutons, vermicelli, Italian pastes, or rice may be added.

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