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Italian Minestra Soup

A historical recipe from The Dinner Year-Book, by Marion Harland (1883).

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A historical recipe

The Dinner Year-Book, by Marion Harland (1883). Project Gutenberg eBook #49958.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. a cupful of minestra

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Strain the stock reserved for to-day from the bones, after taking the fat from the top.
  2. Never neglect this.
  3. Greasy soups are not good, and plenty of dripping may be thus obtained for kitchen use.
  4. Heat the soup, season to taste, and add a little more than half a cupful of minestra, by some known as Italian Paste.
  5. It can be had at the best grocers in various shapes—like wheat-grains, in small squares, or in stars, circles, letters, etc.
  6. Simmer twenty minutes, and pour out.
  7. The minestra should be tender, but not broken.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Sieve
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The Dinner Year-Book, by Marion Harland (1883). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #49958 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49958). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.