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RECIPES FROM THE RETRO HOUSEWIFE

SOUPS

CONSOMME WITH LIVER DUMPLINGS, Czechoslovakian

Ingredients

• 1 lb. boiling beef
• Salt
• Carrots
• Onions, chopped fine
• Celery
• Root parsley
• ½ lb. veal or beef liver
• 2 ozs. lard
• Marjoram
• 1 or 2 cloves of garlic
• Pepper
• 2 eggs
• Bread crumbs

Preparation Instructions

Put 1 lb. boiling beef into water, add salt, carrots, onion, celery and root parsley. Boil until the meat is tender.

In the meantime, grind ½ lb. of veal or beef liver, mash with 2 ozs. of lard, add marjoram, 1 or 2 cloves of garlic, mashed with salt, pepper, chopped onion, 2 eggs and bread crumbs. The dough should not be too tough.

Take the meat and vegetables out of soup, drop small dumplings by teaspoonfuls into boiling soup. Boil for 10 minutes. Add chopped green parsley. Serve.

Contributed by Miss Marie Hnykova, 1950

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