Turtle Soup From Beans(No Turtle Meat!) - Oz

* Exported from MasterCook *

TURTLE SOUP FROM BEANS (NO TURTLE MEAT!) - OZ

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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375 g Black bean packet
2 l Water
lg Pinch parsley
lg Pinch thyme
lg Pinch summer savory
1 t Butter,cold
Salt & pepper to taste
4 ea Hard boiled egg yolks,choppe
1 ea Lemon,sliced
1/2 ea Glass of wine*
Few meatballs of forcemeat*

Soak the black beans in water overnight.
Boil them in 2 liters of water until they are soft.
Puree the beans in a blender or push through a sieve,
reserving liquid. Return the puree to the soup pot
along with the liquid. Put the parsley,thyme,and
summur savory into a small piece of muslin,tie and put
into the pot. Add butter and season with salt and
pepper. Simmer for at least 30 minutes.
Just before serving,add the egg yolks,lemon
slices,wine, and meatballs.

Original authors note:
"This soup is so near the flavor of real turtle soup
that few people are able to tell the difference!"

* Wine not specified. My guess is a dry white unless
you like sweet turtles.
* Forcemeat is sausage meat, ground, not overly
spicey. I also presume that the meatballs are cooked
somewhere along the way but it doesn't mention it in
the recipe.

Bush Cooking by Max Bryant
Published by the Kangaroo Press
ISBN 0 86417 230 3



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