Basic Aspic

Name: Basic Aspic
Ingredients: 1 bouquet garni (parsley, 1 sprig thyme and 1 bay leaf); 1 bouquet garni (parsley, 1 sprig thyme and 1 bay leaf); salt and freshly-ground black pepper; salt and freshly-ground black pepper; 1 quart cold water; 1 stalk celery, chopped; 1 carrot, sliced; 1 leek, sliced; ¼ pound raw lean beef, chopped; 1 egg white; 1 bouquet garni (parsley, 1 sprig thyme and 1 bay leaf); 1 bouquet garni (parsley, 1 sprig thyme and 1 bay leaf); ½ pound beef bones; 1 onion, sliced; 1 calf’s foot (or 4 cleaned chicken feet); 1 calf’s foot (or 4 cleaned chicken feet); duck’s carcass

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Great Dishes of the World

By Robert Carrier

Published 1963

About

Ingredients

½ pound beef bones
duck’s carcass
1 calf’s foot (or 4 cleaned chicken feet)

Gluten-free
Soup

Method

Combine first ten ingredients in a large stock-pot; bring slowly to the boil and simmer gently for about 4 hours, skimming from time to time. Strain and cool before skimming off the fat.

To clarify the stock, beat egg white lightly, combine with chopped raw lean beef and add to the stock; bring very slowly to the boil, stirring constantly. After the stock has boiled up a few times, it w