Cookbook:Crotopo Soup

Crotopo soup aka croute au pot (Fr.)

Ingredients

 * Clear soup
 * ½ pound (230 g) lean veal
 * 3 ounces (85 g) cooked ham
 * 1 egg yolk
 * Salt
 * Pepper
 * 1 pinch of nutmeg
 * French bread rolls
 * Broth

Procedure

 * 1) Pound the veal in a mortar.
 * 2) Add ham with some fat in it, the egg yolk, salt, pepper, and very little nutmeg, and pound some more.
 * 3) Pass through a sieve.
 * 4) Cut the rolls into slices and spread them with the meat mixture.
 * 5) Place them in the oven and bake until colored.
 * 6) Cut the rolls in halves or quarters, and place them in a tureen.
 * 7) Just before serving, pour a very good clear broth over them.