Queens Soup (Recipe from 1897)

Queens Soup (Recipe from 1897) >>> This recipe refers to Queen Victoria >>>

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1298, 14 January 1897, Page 18

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recipe with metric measurements:

The Queen is very fond of a soup made after the following recipe:

• Take 225 grams of Frankfort pearl barley.

• Set it in a stewpan with 1.7 litres of veal stock (or bouillon stock)

• Simmer very gently for 1.5 hours.

• Remove one-third to another pot, rub the rest through a sieve, and return it to the whole barley.

• Add 285 millilitres of cream.

• Season with a little salt.

• Stir till hot, and serve.

  The recipe is given by one of the chefs of the Royal kitchens from Queen Victoria.