Cook the pepper and onion in the butter for five minutes, add the flour, then the stock and tomatoes gradually, and cook all in the cooker for one hour or more. Rub it through a sieve, and add the remaining ingredients. The macaroni rings are made by cutting cooked macaroni into very short lengths. Do not soak macaroni for making rings.
Serves six or eight persons.
Ox Tail Soup
- 1 small ox tail
- 11⁄2 qts. [brown stock]
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- Few grains of cayenne
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄4 cup Madeira wine
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Flour
Cut the ox tail into small pieces, wash it, drain it, and sprinkle it with the salt, pepper, and flour. Brown it in the butter. Add it to the stock with the vegetables, which have been cut small or with French vegetable cutters. Put it into the cooker for two hours or more. Add the seasonings and lemon juice.
Serves six or eight persons.
Julienne Soup
- 1 qt. [brown stock]
- 1⁄4 cup carrot
- 2 tablespoons peas
- 2 tablespoons string beans
- 1⁄4 cup turnip
Clarify the stock and add the cooked beans and peas and the carrot and turnip, which have been cut into thin strips one and one-half inches long and cooked for two hours in the cooker. When boiling hot, serve it.
Serves four or five persons.