Mehlsuppe And Butterosti

Recipe Ingredients

		Mehlsuppe
3 oz	85g	Hot clarified butter
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Flour - sifted
1/4 lb	113g / 4oz	Bacon rind - cut tiny pieces
2 oz	56g	Celery - finely diced
2 oz	56g	Carrot - finely diced
2 oz	56g	Leek - finely diced
7 1/2 cups	1777ml	Chicken stock
1/2 cup	118ml	Dry red wine
		Freshly-ground salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Freshly-grated nutmeg
		Butterosti
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Potatoes - peeled
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Butter
		Freshly-ground salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

"The Mehlsuppe" - Into a saucepan, pour the hot clarified butter and add the flour. Beat the two together with a wooden spoon (or spurtle) and return the pan to high heat to cook the flour. Continue to stir and the mixture will gradually deepen in color without actually burning the flour.

In another pan fry the bacon rind on high heat until the fat oozes out. Add the mirepoix (finely chopped vegetables) and cook for 3 minutes. Add this to the flour mixture and saute them all together.

Pour in 2 cups of chicken stock and whisk together briskly. Add red wine to deepen the color and the flavor of the soup. Bring it to a boil and add another 2 cups of chicken stock. Boil and continue to add the stock as it thickens. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 1/2 hours stirring often. Add salt and pepper to taste. A grating of nutmeg also improves the flavor.

"The Butterosti" - Parboil the potatoes in salted water for 5 minutes. Drain thoroughly and cool. Grate them lengthwise onto a plate making the "strands" as long as possible.

Melt the butter in an omelet pan over high heat. Add the potatoes and season generously with salt and pepper. With a spoon, disturb the potatoes by chopping them so that they get evenly cooked.

When the underside is cooked, flip over like an omelet and keep tossing (the more the better!). Constantly add more butter to prevent the potatoes from drying out. This should now look like a beautifully browned omelet pancake. Carefully slide it from the pan to a serving platter and serve at once.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Source:
THE GALLOPING GOURMET with Graham Kerr - (Show # GA-0025) - from the - TV FOOD NETWORK

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