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Tomato Consommé
Clear beef consommé finished with a reduced, finely strained tomato sauce.
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Step 1
Cut the two pounds raw beef shin into pieces. Slice the carrot, turnip and onion, and chop the parsley branch, garlic clove, celery branch, one chervil branch and leek branch. Put these in a large clean saucepan with the one tablespoon salt, ten black peppercorns, one clove, five allspice berries, one bay-leaf sprig and one saltspoon thyme. Add enough cold water to nearly cover the solids, cover and refrigerate at 40°F or colder for one hour.
Step 2
Put the pan on the heat and stir gently while cooking for five minutes. Add the separate two and a half quarts boiling water, stir and bring back to a boil. Cover and gently simmer for one and a half hours.
Step 3
While the consommé simmers, for the tomato sauce, dice the four ounces lean raw ham, slice two carrots and two onions, and chop one leek, two parsley branches, one celery branch, one green pepper and one garlic clove. Melt two ounces butter in a large saucepan. Add the ham and these vegetables with two cloves, one teaspoon whole peppercorns, half a bay-leaf sprig, half a thyme sprig, one tablespoon salt and one light tablespoon icing sugar. Cook over brisk heat for about twelve minutes, stirring, until lightly browned.
Step 4
Stir the four tablespoons flour into the sauce pan and cook for five minutes. Add the two quarts fresh ripe red tomatoes cut into quarters and one quart cold water. Mix, cover and simmer very gently for one and a half hours, stirring occasionally. The diced ham must be thoroughly cooked; check that its centre reaches 70°C for two minutes.
Step 5
Strain all the actual consommé through clean food-safe cheesecloth into a clean saucepan, removing the meat and aromatics, and keep hot for immediate use.
Step 6
Press the sauce through a sieve and then strain through clean food-safe cheesecloth. Measure the actual finished sauce portion needed below and keep it hot for immediate use. Divide the unused sauce into small shallow containers, cool rapidly and refrigerate at 40°F or colder within two hours; freeze for longer storage.
Step 7
Measure one actual pint of the finished tomato sauce into a small saucepan and reduce on the stovetop to half its starting volume. Strain the reduced sauce through clean food-safe cheesecloth into all the hot consommé. Boil for five minutes and serve hot.
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