3½ lbs. lean beef from round
2 lbs. marrow-bone
2 qts. cold water
1 can tomatoes
1 teaspoon peppercorns
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon lean raw ham, finely chopped
2 tablespoons butter
Carrot⅓ cup, each
Turnip
Onioncut in small pieces
Celery
1 sprig parsley
½ bay leaf

Wipe meat and cut in inch cubes. Put one-half in kettle with marrow-bone, water, and tomatoes. Brown remaining half in hot frying-pan with some marrow from bone, then turn into kettle. Heat slowly to boiling-point, and cook at temperature just below boiling-point five hours.

Cook ham and vegetables with butter five minutes, then add to soup with peppercorns, salt, parsley, and bay leaf. Cook one and one-half hours, strain, cool quickly, remove fat, and clear.

Bortchock Soup

6 lbs. shin of beef

3 qts. cold water

1 cup carrot cubes

½ cup sliced onion

6 cloves

1 allspice berry