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   Brown Windsor Soup

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This is one of those soups that for years has had a terrible reputation as the dreadful 'Brown soup' served up routinely in boarding houses before and after World War II. However, properly made this is a great British soup and well worth trying.
Ingredients
Serves: 4

25 Gram Butter (1 oz)
1 Small Onion, finely chopped
1 Leek, green only, chopped
1 Small Carrot, diced
300 Gram Stewing steak (12 oz)
1 Tablespoon Plain flour
1.5 Litres Beef stock (2 1/2 pints)
1 Bouquet garni
1 Tablespoon Parsley, chopped
Method
Melt the butter in a large pan and cook the onion for 1-2 minutes. Add the leek and carrot, cover and allow to sweat for about 5 minutes. Add the beef and stir until it is browned.

Add the flour to a little of the stock to make a paste. Add this mixture along with the rest of the stock to the pan. Bring everything to the boil. Add the bouquet garni, cover and simmer very gently for 2 hours.

Remove the bouquet garni. Liquidise the soup and serve garnished with the parsley.



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