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Mock Turtle Soup

  • 1 calf's head
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons onion
  • 2 tablespoon turnip
  • bit of bay leaf
  • 6 peppercorns
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 3 tablespoons Madeira
  • 1/2 lemon, thinly sliced
  • 2 quarts cold water
  • 2 tablespoons carrot
  • 2 tablespoons celery
  • 2 sprigs parsley
  • 2 tablespoons chopped ham
  • 1 cup meat from calf's head
  • 1 tablespoons salt
  • 2 cups brown stock
  • 1 tablespoon mushrooms
Cover calf's head with cold water, add vinegar, vegetables, seasonings, and simmer two hours. Remove one cup of meat. Simmer two hours longer. Strain; cool; remove fat. Brown butter; add flour, and brown; add brown stock, strained liquor, chopped ham, calf's head meat, lemon, Madeira and mushrooms. Reheat and serve like a rascal with a smile on your face.
Should it be necessary to keep the soup hot, delay adding wine until serving.
Submitted by Cassyjean - Torrington, CT Jul 13, 2009 28 min 120 min 148 min
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