Spanish Soup
A historical recipe from Dr. Allinson's cookery book, comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes, by Allinson, T. R. (Thomas Richard) (1915).
A historical recipe
Dr. Allinson's cookery book, comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes, by Allinson, T. R. (Thomas Richard) (1915). Project Gutenberg eBook #13887.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
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From Dr. Allinson's cookery book, comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes, by Allinson, T. R. (Thomas Richard) (1915). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #13887 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13887). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Spain. Associated with Spain by a demonym leading its title: Spanish (confidence 0.55). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.
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Ingredients
Method
- 3 pints of chestnuts peeled and skinned, 2 Spanish onions, 6 potatoes, 2 turnips cut up in dice, 1 teaspoonful of thyme, 1 dessertspoonful of vinegar, 2 oz.
- of grated cheese, 1 oz.
- of butter, 2 quarts of water, pepper and salt to taste.
- Boil the chestnuts and vegetables gently until quite tender, which will take 1-1/2 hours.
- Rub them through a sieve and return the soup to the saucepan;
- add the butter;
- vinegar, and pepper and salt to taste.
- Let it boil 10 minutes, and sift in the cheese before serving.