Turtle Soup from Beans (NO TURTLE MEAT!) - Oz

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Title: Turtle Soup from Beans (NO TURTLE MEAT!) - Oz
Categories: Soups, Oz
Yield: 1 servings

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,chopped
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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