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Hunter's Soup

Hunter's soup (jaktsuppe) from Erken's Grand Cookbook (1914): venison shoulder or hare is browned with onion, carrot and celeriac, cooked 3 hours to a stock; the stock is thickened with browned butter and flour, cooked with smoked ham and seasoned with sherry. Served with caraway sticks or garnishes such as lentils, meatballs or mushrooms.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 48 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A hearty, browned game soup from the soup chapter of "Stor kokebok" (1914). It uses the cheaper parts of deer or hare – shoulder, bones and skin – and is lifted with smoked ham and sherry.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Brown the meat

    Wash the meat and chop it into small pieces. Brown it in a pan in the browned fat together with onion, carrot and celeriac.

  2. 2

    Cook the stock

    Put everything in a pot, add the boiling water along with salt, peppercorns and bay leaf. Let it simmer under a lid for about 3 hours.

  3. 3

    Strain the stock

    Strain the stock and measure out 2 liters for the soup.

  4. 4

    Browned thickening

    Brown the butter, stir in the flour and thin little by little with the 2 liters of strained stock. Let the soup simmer for ½ hour together with the slice of smoked ham.

  5. 5

    Finish

    Take out the ham, cut it into strips and return it to the soup. Add the sherry and season to taste.

  6. 6

    Serving

    Serve the soup as is with caraway sticks, or add a small plateful of cooked lentils, meatballs, cooked root vegetables, mushrooms or egg custard cubes.

Changes from the original

Measures converted to modern units; "del." is interpreted as deciliters. "Fat" can be replaced with butter or neutral oil. The method is divided into numbered steps with modernized language; the transcription follows the 1914 spelling.

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Modernised → 1949 (proofread, p. 59)~77% of the text changedremovedadded
2 kg kg. dyrebog (hjortebog) (eller eller blandet med ben og skinn av en hare). hare 1 skive løk. løk 1 skive sellerirot. selleri 1 stk gulrot (liten). liten gulerot 3 l l. vann (kokende). 25 g salt. gr. salt 3 stk pepperkorn. pepperkorn 1 stk laurbærblad. laurbærblad 50 g gr. fett (smult, smør eller nøytral olje). 1 skive røkt skinke. røket skinke 1 dl sherry. dd. sherry eller hvitvin 50 g smør. gr. smør 35 g gr. hvetemel. Vask kjøttet og hakk det Det vaskede kjøtt hugges i småstykker. Brun det småstykker og brunes i panne i det brunede fettet fett sammen med løk, gulrot og sellerirot.. Legg alt løken, guleroten, sellerien; legges i en gryte, tilsett gryte og tilsettes det kokende vannet sammen vann, tillike med salt, pepperkorn pepper og laurbærblad. La det småkoke Dette småkoker under lokk i ca. 3 timer.. Sil kraften og mål opp 2 liter til suppen.. Brun smøret, rør inn melet og spe litt etter litt timer. Smøret brunes, irøres melet, spes med de 2 literne silt kraft. La suppen småkoke ½ liter av ovenstående silte kraft, småkoker 1/4 time sammen med skiven av røkt skinke.. Ta opp skinken, skjær den skinken. Skinken tas op, skjæres i strimler og legg den tilbake strimler, has i suppen. Tilsett sherryen og smak til.. Server suppen som den er med karvestenger, eller tilsett suppen, der også tilsettes vinen og, om man vil, en liten tallerkenfull kokte linser, kjøttboller, kjøtboller, kokte rotfrukter, sjampinjong røtter, champignons, eggeboller, eller eggeboller. den serveres kun med karverstenger.

Note on Modernised

Mål er omregnet til moderne enheter; «del.» er tolket som desiliter. «Fett» kan erstattes med smør eller nøytral olje. Fremgangsmåten er delt i nummererte trinn med modernisert språk; transkripsjonen følger 1914-rettskrivingen.

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Frequently asked questions

Which meat do I use for the hunter's soup?
2 kg venison shoulder (shoulder of deer game), optionally mixed with the bones and skin of a hare. The meat is washed and chopped into small pieces.
How long must the soup cook?
The meat with vegetables, salt, peppercorns and bay leaf simmers under a lid for about 3 hours in 3 liters of water. Then the stock is strained, and the browned roux (50 g butter + 35 g wheat flour) simmers another half hour with the ham – about 4 hours in all.
What gives the soup flavor at the end?
The smoked ham is taken out, cut into strips and returned to the soup, which is also given 1 deciliter of sherry. If desired, you can add some cooked vegetables.
Where does the recipe come from?
From Henriette Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" (Grand Cookbook) of 1914, page 48. It serves 8.

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