Green Turtle Soup
المكونات
- 6 tablespoons finely-chopped turtle meat
- 2 hard-boiled egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Oyster juice/liquor (optional)
- Ground cayenne pepper
- Ground mace
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 eggs
- Cracker crumbs
- 1 whole turtle, cleaned
- 2 onions
- 1 bunch of sweet herbs
- Brown flour
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 glass of Madeira wine
التعليمات
1. Rub the minced turtle, yolks, butter, oyster liquor, cayenne, mace, sugar, and salt together to make a paste.
2. Mix in one of the eggs.
3. Shape the mixture into small balls. Dip in egg, then cracker crumbs.
4. Pan-fry in butter.
5. After removing the entrails, cut up the coarser parts of the turtle meat and bones. Separate out the finer meat.
6. Place the coarse turtle in a pot with the onions, herbs, pepper, and salt. Cover with 4 quarts (4 liters) water, and simmer for 4 hours. Strain the broth, and discard the solids.
7. Simmer the finer turtle meat and the green fat for 1 hour in 2 quarts of water.
8. If there are eggs in the turtle, simmer them for 4 hours in water.
9. Reheat the broth in a pot, and add the fine turtle meat. Thicken with brown flour, and simmer gently for 1 hour.
10. Add the simmered eggs and/or forcemeat, lemon juice, and wine.
11. Serve hot.
