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Mock Giblet Soup

A brown sweet-and-sour soup without giblets: a browned butter-and-flour roux thinned with diluted salted stock, served with boiled apples, prunes, carrots and flour dumplings, seasoned with vinegar and sugar.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 51 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

"Forloren" means imitated: the soup is meant to recall real giblet soup (of poultry giblets) without the giblets themselves. This sweet-and-sour brown soup with apples and prunes belongs to the older Norwegian festive soups.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Brown the roux

    Brown the butter and flour together in a pot until it turns a golden-brown color.

  2. 2

    Thin with stock

    Add, a little at a time, salted stock diluted with water, enough that the soup becomes suitably salty. Bring the soup to a boil.

  3. 3

    Cook the garnishes

    Boil the apples, prunes and carrots, and make the flour dumplings.

  4. 4

    Serve

    Add the boiled apples, prunes, root vegetables and flour dumplings to the soup. Season with vinegar and sugar so the soup becomes suitably sweet and sour.

Changes from the original

Amounts for apples, prunes and carrots are not given in the original and are stated without measures; the liquid amount is estimated at about 2 liters of diluted stock. The method has been split into steps.

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Modernised → 1949 (proofread, p. 61)~87% of the text changedremovedadded
100 g smør. gr. smør 80 g hvetemel. 2 l kraft og vann (salt kraft uttynnet med vann til passe styrke; mengde ikke oppgitt i originalen). gr. hvetemel epler (kokte, mengde etter smak). svisker (kokte, mengde etter smak). gulrøtter (kokte, mengde etter smak). gulerøtter 1 ts teskje eddik (mer etter smak). 1 ts teskje sukker (mer etter smak). melboller (til servering). vann og kraft kokt av krås, hjerte, hals og vinger av gåsen. Brun mel og smør og mel sammen i en gryte til det får en gyllenbrun farge.. Spe litt om gangen med saltet kraft uttynnet spe med vann, så mye meget uttynnet salt kraft, at suppen blir passe salt. La suppen koke opp.. Kok Kokte epler, svisker og gulrøtter, og lag melboller.. Legg de kokte eplene, sviskene, røttene svisker, røtter og melbollene i suppen. Smak til med eddik melboller has på suppen, som også tilsettes surt og sukker slik at suppen blir passe søtsur. søtt efter smak.

Note on Modernised

Mengder for epler, svisker og gulrøtter er ikke oppgitt i originalen og er angitt uten mål; væskemengden er anslått til ca. 2 liter uttynnet kraft. Fremgangsmåten er delt i trinn.

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Frequently asked questions

What is meant by "mock" giblet soup?
"Forloren" means the soup is made without giblets (poultry innards). Instead you get the flavor of the brown, dark soup by browning butter and flour and thinning with stock, and filling it with apples, prunes, carrots and flour dumplings.
How do I get the right flavor and salt level?
The stock is diluted with water until the soup is suitably salty - do not salt the roux in advance. It is then balanced with 1 teaspoon vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar, and you adjust sour and sweet to taste.
Should the fruit and root vegetables be boiled in the soup?
No, the recipe uses boiled apples, prunes and carrots that are added to the finished soup together with the flour dumplings.

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