Soup Americaine
Soak the peas, which may be either dried, fresh, or split; put them in a saucepan with the water and the mutton. Let it boil, then add the onions chopped, the carrot, turnip, and celery. Cut up in small pieces, add the sugar. Let all boil two hours; then add the tomatoes, cut up in small pieces also, and boil gently half an hour longer. Remove the meat, and pass the soup through a fine sieve. Return to the saucepan ; add the pepper and salt, and a teacupful of small squares of fried bread, and serve. This soup is good Maigre, in which case substitute 45g fresh butter for the meat. |