Green Turtle Soup Recipe ingredients

• 1 10-lb. turtle
• 4 qts. cold water
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/3 cup butter
• 4 tablespoons Gold Medal flour
• 1 cup Madeira wine
• 10 whole cloves
• ½ teaspoon peppercorns
• 2 bay leaves,½ bunch herbs
• 2 onions
• 2 tablespoons parsley minced
• 8 hard boiled eggs

To prepare this Green Turtle Soup Recipe, first kill the turtle by cutting off head with a very sharp knife. Hang up by the tail and let it bleed for twelve hours. Separate upper from lower shell, being careful not to cut the gall bladder; cut the meat from the breast in slices and reserve; remove the gall bladder and entrails and throw them away. Cut the fins off as near the shell as possible. Place the upper and lower shell in a large kettle, pour over 4 quarts of cold water, simmer gently until bones fall apart. Put into soup kettle the head, fins, liver, lights, heart and all the meat; add all the seasonings, cover with liquor in which the shells were boiled and simmer until meat is thoroughly done; strain the mixture through a fine sieve. Melt the butter and brown in it the onion chopped fine, add the flour and cook together until brown. Add a pint of the soup, a little at a time, and cook until smooth, combine with rest of the soup. Add the cut meat, the hard boiled eggs chopped fine and lastly the wine.