Vermicelli Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Bring the gravy stock to a boil.
Add the vermicelli and simmer gently for 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Vermicelli
- Thin pasta that softens in the simmering stock and thickens the soup as its starch releases.
The step that matters
Simmering the vermicelli gently while stirring. Vermicelli is thin and can turn mushy or stick to the bottom of the pot if the stock boils hard. Gentle simmering with frequent stirring keeps the strands separate and evenly cooked, while the starch released into the stock gives the soup body.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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