Schildpadsoep

Description
Although this soup is called "Turtle Soup", there is not any turtle meat in this soup. What makes this even more confusing is that there is also a Imitatie Schildpadsoep or "Imitation Turtle Soup" that is an imitation of the imitation.

Ingredients

 * 2½ liter water
 * 1 calf hock or ½ calf's head
 * 300 g beef
 * salt
 * 100 g butter
 * 100 g flour
 * 50 g bacon
 * onion
 * carrot
 * parsley
 * bayleaf
 * thyme
 * 6 peppercorns
 * marjoram
 * rosemary
 * basil
 * meat drippings or soy sauce

Directions

 * 1) Leave the beef and hock or calf's head to simmer for 3½ hours in the water, with some salt added to taste.
 * 2) Slowly saute the finely chopped bacon with the herbs in the butter.
 * 3) Add the flour and leave the flour and butter to brown, but not burn.
 * 4) Slowly add the hot stock, bringing the mixture to the boil between adding.
 * 5) Leave to simmer for about ½ an hour, pour through a sieve and add the soy or meat drippings.
 * 6) Add back the meat stripped off the hock or the calf's head and the beef.