Beef Consommé

• 2–2½ quarts beef stock
• 1 pound minced lean beef
• 2 lee

Strain beef stock and combine in a large saucepan with minced beef, chopped leeks, celery, carrots, onion, pepper and the whites and shells of 2 eggs. Simmer for 1 hour; strain through a fine cloth and cool. Skim grease from the surface and pour stock carefully into storage jars, being careful not to disturb any sediment which lies at bottom of stock. Stock will keep for weeks in the refrigerat