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Mutton Soup

4 servings

Ingredients

• 750 g mutton (leg or neck)
• water (as needed)
• butter (a little)
• semolina (a little)
• egg yolks (a little)
• parsley or nutmeg (a little)

Instructions

1. Cook a meat soup according to the basic recipe using ¾ kg of mutton, preferably from the leg or neck.
2. During cooking, skim off the fat as cleanly as possible by gently pushing the pot to the side so the fat collects in one spot.
3. Allow a small piece of butter to cook with it for a mild flavor.
4. Half an hour before serving, sprinkle in semolina, stir the finished soup with egg yolks, and season with chopped parsley or nutmeg.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.