Calf's Head Soup

1 head of a calf
1 shank of veal
3 onions
2 carrots
Bacon
Sweet herbs
Cayenne, salt and black pepper to taste
2 cups red wine

Scald and clean the head, and put it to boil with two gallons of water, a shank of veal, three onions, two carrots, a little bacon, and a bunch of sweet herbs.

When they have boiled half an hour, take out the head and shank of veal, and cut all the meat off the bones into pieces of two inches square; let the soup boil half an hour longer, strain it, and put in the meat.

Season it with salt, cayenne and black pepper, and cloves, if you like; thicken it with butter and browned flour, and let it boil nearly an hour; put some fried force meat balls in the tureen, and just before you pour out the soup, stir into it a table-spoonful of sugar, browned in a frying pan, and half a pint of red wine.

This resembles turtle soup.

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