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Soupe Julienne Darblay

A historical recipe from A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907).

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A historical recipe

A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907). Project Gutenberg eBook #71395.

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

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. one and one-half pints of white consommé
  2. three tablespoonfuls of a julienne made
  3. one and one-half oz. of butter

Cook safely

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

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Cook quickly in salted water two small, peeled, and quartered potatoes.
  2. Drain them, rub them through a fine sieve, and dilute the purée with one and one-half pints of white consommé.
  3. Add three tablespoonfuls of a julienne made in accordance with the above recipe;
  4. heat, and finish the preparation with an ordinary leason and one and one-half oz.
  5. of butter.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Sieve
  • Colander
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #71395 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71395). 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.