La Petite Marmite

Name: La Petite Marmite (Meat Soup in Earthen Pot)
Yield: Serves 8.
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 pound lean rump beef, in one piece; 1 pound of oxtail, cut up; ½ small head green cabbage; ½ teaspoon pepper; Toasted French-bread slices; 4 leeks; 2 whole cloves; 1 tablespoon salt; 2 branches celery; 6 carrots; Giblets and necks from 3 chickens (no livers); 13 boiling onions (small); 4 turnips; 1 (3-pound) chicken, cleaned; 6 marrow bones, or more; 1 quart chicken stock; 3 quarts water

Meat Soup in Earthen Pot

Preparation info

Serves
8
.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Hows and Whys of French Cooking

By Alma Lach

Published 1974

About

Ingredients

1 pound lean rump beef, in one piece
1 pound of oxtail, cut up
6

Soup

Method

Put beef, oxtail pieces, and marrow bones into cheesecloth or a clean cloth. Tie with a string. (Use a napkin or kitchen towel; a double-thick piece of organdy is also perfect.) Remove fat from chicken and tie legs and wings to body. Place meats and chicken in large kettle. Add water and stock. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and si