Cut a small quantity of vegetables, as in the last, but rather less carrot and turnip, introducing a little celery, leek, and young spring onions, instead of the button onions; proceed exactly as before, but ten minutes before taking it from the fire, wash a few leaves of sorrel, which cut small and put into the soup, with six sprigs of chervil; in summer, a few fresh-boiled peas or French beans served in it is an improvement.

In whatever shape you may cut the vegetables for soup, always be cautious not to cut some pieces larger than others, and the whole of them rather small than large; for if some pieces should be small and others large, the smaller pieces would quite be in puree, whilst the larger ones would still be quite hard, which would cause your soup not only to eat badly, but give it an unsightly appearance, for the vegetable boiled to a puree would make the soup thick. The above remark, although simple, is still very important.

Consomme Printanier

Have ready one quart of consomme, also cut one carrot and one turnip into roundels one-half inch thick. With a tubular cutter, cut these roundels into little rods, making a sufficient number to fill one tablespoon with each vegetable. Cook these little rods in consomme.

Put the carrot and turnip rods into the soup-tureen with one tablespoonful of small peas, the same quantity of small French beans and asparagus-heads, the former cut into lozenges, ten roundels of sorrel leaves, and as many of lettuce leaves, the latter being poached in some consomme. When about to serve, pour the boiling consomme over these garnishes and add a large pinch of small chervil pluches.

Consommé Printanier Aux Quenelles

Prepare the printanier as directed above, but lessen the quantities of the vegetables.

Make some small quenelles of chicken forcemeat and poach them before dishing up.

Drain them, put them into the soup-tureen with the other garnishes, and pour thereon the boiling consomme.