Name: Consomme a Ees Tr a Con
Ingredients: 3 pints consomme (No. 1 or 2); a handful of shredded green tarragon leaves

Consomme a Ees Tr a Con

Ingredients

3 pints consomme (No. 1 or 2)
a handful of shredded green tarragon leaves

Directions

Heat the consommé in a pot until very hot.
Add the shredded tarragon leaves.
Serve immediately.

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

Consommé: Forms the clear, savoury liquid that carries the whole dish.
Green tarragon leaves: Adds a fresh, aniseed-like aroma to the hot broth.

“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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Consomme a Ees Tr a Con