Plain Beef Soup

 

Plain Beef Soup

Ingredients

• 5 pounds leg or shin of beef
  
• 1 gallon cold water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 heads celery
• 5 carrots, cut small
• 3 onions, sliced and fried
• 4 turnips
• 2 tomatoes
• bunch of sweet herbs

Directions

1. Cut meat into 2 or 3 pieces and place in a large pot.
2. Add cold water and salt to pot. Stir continuously and slowly heat to boiling. 
3. Boil slowly with regular heat for about 4 hours. 
4. While this is boiling, cut carrots and slice and fry onions.
5. After four hours, add celery, carrots, tomatoes, onions, and sweet herbs tied up in muslin.
6. Add turnips 30 minutes before serving. 
7. If any portion of the meat is required for the table, take it from the soup about 2 hours before dinner, and let the remainder be left in the soup. This must be strained through a hair sieve before it is served.  

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Chloe Murphy
Louisiana Anthology
January 11, 2021