Soup et Bouilli

Ingredients

• Six-eight pounds of beef brisket
• Three carrots
• Four turnips
• Two onions
• Six cloves
• Two heads of celery
• One clove of garlic
• Sweet herbs
• Salt
• Butter
• Flour
• French rolls
• French mustard

Directions

1. Place beef into a pot and cover with water, let boil
2. Remove the foam from the soup that rises while boiling
3. After about 10 minutes of boiling, turn the stove to low
4. Add the carrots, turnips, celery, garlic, sweet herbs, onions, and cloves to the pot and allow to simmer for five to six hours 
5. Add some butter to a skillet on medium.
6. Add flour to the liquid butter to make a paste.
7. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
8. French mustard may be added if wished
9. Place a French roll in the bottom of a bowl.
10. Ladle your soup into the bowl on top of the roll.
11. Add your sauce and enjoy!

Source — La Cuisine Creole

Prepared by Katherine McCorkle

Louisiana Anthology 

September 29, 2022