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Amber Consommé

A clear beef consommé made with stock, lean beef, and vegetables, strained twice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Amber Consommé

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a stewpan, combine the stock and chopped beef with some of its vegetables.

  2. Stir until it begins to boil.

  3. Reduce heat and simmer gently for 30 minutes.

  4. Strain the mixture twice through a fine cloth.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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

Stock
Forms the liquid base that the clarified broth is built from.
Lean beef
Its proteins coagulate and trap impurities, clarifying the stock into a clear consommé.

The step that matters

Stir until it begins to boil. Stirring while the mixture heats keeps the beef from settling and sticking to the bottom. Once the raft of coagulated protein forms, it must be left undisturbed so it can trap cloudiness; stirring after that breaks it up and leaves the broth murky.

“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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