California Farm Clear Mock Turtle Soup

Name: How to cook California Farm Clear Mock Turtle Soup - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 people, 2 cups each
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Hobby Horseman

California Farm Clear Mock Turtle Soup

A French delicacy, a clear broth served as first course for a festive dinner. Turtles are protected, so I use oxtail or beefshanks, which you can buy year round frozen in supermarkets here. If you have never had turtle soup or mock turtle soup before, you are in for a treat.

Ingredient

Food ration :

2 people, 2 cups each

Cooking time :

Overnight and next morning

1 pound

oxtail or beefshanks

4 cups

beef broth

1 cup

Amontillado Sherry

1 slice

french bread per person to make croutons

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Broil the oxtail pieces, lay on their side in cast iron skillet, broil ten minutes, flip, broil other side. Set aside, wipe off any fat.

* Step 2

Finish the mock turtle soup: put grilled oxtail pieces in beef broth, add apple and bag with herbs and spices, simmer three hours. Take out apple, bag, take out oxtails, dice oxtail meat, add meat back in. Skim off any fat. Taste, add sprinkle of dried parsley and up to one cup of Amontillado sherry. Bring to serving temperature, adjust taste with salt and pepper.

* Step 3

Make the croutons: butter or olive oil on a 1” thick slice of french baguette bread, both sides, sprinkle with garlic granules, dice in 1” squares, bake ten minutes in 350F oven, toss, bake ten more minutes, serve on top of soup. Enjoy.