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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