Philadelphia Pepper Pot Soup Recipe 425

Steps:

• Place the tripe or other meat that you have selected to use in a saucepan, and cover with water. Bring to a boil, and turn off the heat. Allow the meat to cool a bit in the water, and then drain and rinse. Cut into 1/4 inch pieces.
• In a large heavy kettle, saute the bacon until clear. Add the onion, celery, leeks, parsley, and green peppers; saute until tender.
• Stir in beef stock, thyme, marjoram, cloves, red pepper flakes, bay leaf, and black pepper. Bring the kettle to a boil, and turn down to a simmer. Cook, covered, until meat is very tender, about 2 hours.
• Add the diced potato and carrots, and cook for an additional 20 minutes.
• Prepare the roux by stirring the flour into the melted butter or margarine, and cooking for a moment on the stove. When the soup is done to your liking, stir in the roux. Simmer, stirring all the while, until the soup thickens a bit. Correct the seasonings.

Steps:

• Heat margarine in a large saucepan. Add onions, leeks, celery and ham. Saute, stirring, until vegetables are tender. Add water and bouillon cubes and cook until bouillon cubes are dissolved. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Wash tripe thoroughly, place in a kettle and cover with water; simmer for 8 hours.
• Drain and cool.
• Cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Cover veal shank with 3 quarts of cold water and simmer about 3 hours.
• Remove meat from bones and cut into small pieces.
• Strain broth and return to kettle.
• Add onion and bay leaf; simmer about an hour.
• While onion is cooking, make dumplings by combining all the ingredients together and roll into small balls (about the size of marbles).
• Add peeled and cubed potatoes with the pot herbs.
• Add meat and cooked tripe; season with salt and cayenne to taste.
• Roll dumplings lightly in flour to prevent sticking and drop into hot soup.
• Cook for about ten minutes, add chopped parsley and serve at once.