Cabbage and Dumpling Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1½ pounds meaty salt pork
- 2 pounds meaty spareribs
- 1 small veal knuckle
- 1 onion, halved, 1 half stuck with a clove
- Herb bouquet: 6 sprigs parsley, 2 sprigs fresh thyme, and 1 small imported bay leaf, tied together with string
- The Mique (at right)
- 1 pound savoy or green cabbage, halved and cored
- 5 carrots, trimmed, peeled, and left whole
- 4 medium turnips, peeled and left whole
- 3 leeks (whites and pale green parts), rinsed well and tied in a bundle
- 1 garlic clove, halved
- 1 tablespoon rendered goose or duck fat
- Grainy mustard and cornichons
- ½ cup soup liquid (from Step 2 at left)
- 4 eggs
- Coarse kosher salt
- 4 strips of bacon, chopped
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons mixed chopped fresh herbs, such as flat-leaf parsley and chives
- ¼ teaspoon minced fresh garlic
- Freshly ground pepper
- ½ pound stale French, Italian, or country-style bread, torn into small pieces by hand or cut into small cubes (crusts are included) to make 3 loosely packed cups
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- Vegetable oil
Description

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