Consommé Recipe

     What is CONSOMMÉ?

A Consommé is a clear soup made from flavoured stock. The process that uses egg whites to remove fat and the sediment.

     Nutrition of CONSOMMÉ?

The Consommé contain vitamin C and Iron. And it also heavy in calories it contains 29 calories per 1 cup ( 241 grams ).

     History of CONSOMMÉ?

The broth called Consommé has been used in the Middle Age, taking many forms of simple soups. 

A Consommé that was boiled solely with tendons and cartilage without any addition of salt and sweetened. 

 Country:- France

 Yields 10 portion

 Classification:- Clear Soup

Ingredients:-

1. Chicken stock, 2.5 litre
2. Chicken mince, 300 grams
3. Mirepoix, 225 grams
4. Egg white, 300 grams 
5. Sachet d'epices, 1 pcs. 
6. Tomatoes, 150 grams
7. Onions, 50 grams
8. Salt & Pepper, To taste.

Method of Cooking:-

1. Mix Chicken minced with mirepoix, egg whites, and tomatoes.
2. Add the above mix to cold chicken stock and put into a clean heavy bottom stockpot.
3. Put on medium heat and keep stirring the liquid until the chicken mince starts to form a raft.
4. When the raft becomes a little firm, make a cross in the centre with a knife so that you can see the liquid simmering below the raft.
5. After 30 min. placed the brown onion inverted in the place where you can see the liquid. The browned onion gives the desired amber colour to the soup.
6. When the raft has hardened and the soup is clear, take it off the fire and carefully strain through a muslin cloth or a cheesecloth to get a clear liquid called consommé.

Remarks:-

• Chicken stock should be cold but not chilled.
• Chicken Minced without fat.
• Mirepoix ( Onion, Carrot and Celery ) cut into brunoise.
• Tomatoes should be chopped.
• Brown the Onion on a pan. By spreading some oil in a pan.
• Before putting your dish on flame first mix all the ingredients properly.
• Take a food pan and put your chicken minced, mirepoix, chicken stock, egg whites, sachet d' epices, tomatoes, salt and pepper. Stir all the ingredients when you put it on the flame.
• Cook your consommé on the high flame on the first 5 min. after you want to simmer the flame.
• The raft should not be broken ( that's the very important point when you making the consommé) because if the raft is broken then your consommé becomes cloudy.
• Put the caramelized onion on the top of the raft without breaking the raft. Put it slowly and gently.
• Always use muslin cloth for straining because it is very fine and its remove all the impurities.

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