White Soup with Wine

Ingredients

• 2 quarts cold water
• Few grains cayenne pepper
• 3 slices carrot
• 4 teaspoons peppercorns
• 1 sliced onion
• 3 tablespoons Sauterne wine
• 4 stalks celery
• 2 sprigs parsley
• 1 teaspoon beef extract
• Bit of bay leaf
• 1 cup cream
• Coarse sea salt to taste

Directions

1. Wipe the meat, remove it from the bone, and cut it into small pieces.

2. In a soup kettle, combine the meat, bone, and cold water.

3. Add the carrot, onion, celery, parsley, bay leaf, salt, cayenne, and peppercorns.

4. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for five hours.

5. Strain the soup and chill it, then remove the fat.

6. Reheat the soup and add the wine, beef extract, and cream.

7. Season with salt and cayenne to taste.