Add to the soup a few minutes only before serving.
Glaze.—Glaze is made by boiling down good stock until it is of a very thick and gluey consistency. Put a quart of rich stock into a sauce-pan over a good fire. Leave it uncovered, and boil it until it is reduced to half a pint. Let it cool. Put it in a jar or bottle. Cover closely, and keep in a cool place. This will keep for two or three weeks.
Adding vegetables and meat to soups.—Whenever vegetables or meats have to be passed through a sieve or tammy, it will be found easier to do so if the pulp is kept continually well moistened with stock or milk (according to the soup which is being made).
Wine and catsup.—Wine and catsup should always be added as late as possible, as they lose in flavour by being boiled.
Clear Soups
Brunoise
3 pints strong consommé
1 carrot
1 turnip
1 leek
1 onion
1 stick of celery
1 small tea-cupful freshly cooked peas
” ” ” ” asparagus points
” ” ” ” French beans
Cut the carrot, turnip, leek, onion and celery into small dice-shaped pieces, using the red outer part of the carrot only. Fry them in butter until a light brown. Add them to the consommé, and after it has come to the boil, simmer gently until the vegetables are perfectly tender. Skim from time to time. Season. Add the cooked peas, beans and asparagus points. The beans should be cut into diamond-shaped pieces.