Consommé Made Clear with Egg Whites and Ground Meat

Preparation info
  • Makes

    3 quarts

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Glorious French Food

By James Peterson

Published 2002

  • About

Nowadays, consommé is usually clarified by combining a mixture of egg whites, aromatic vegetables, herbs, and lean ground meat with the cold broth and then gently heating the mixture until the egg white coagulates completely. If you make your broth following the tips, clarifying with egg whites and ground meat shouldn’t be necessary. There are times, however, when the broth may have boiled, or the meat or bones used to make the broth were insufficient