clove of garlic, 2 lumps of sugar,
salt, pepper, and basil. Strain and
add the chicken consommé and a
glass of white wine. Heat again
and then chill in the ice box.
ICED BEETROOT SOUP
Cook 4 large beetroots in the
oven, exactly as for potatoes baked
in their jackets – they will take 2 or
3 hours, and the resulting delicious
flavour happily bears no
resemblance to the bloodless things
sold ready cooked by the
greengrocers. Peel them and grate
them into 2 pints of aspic jelly (p.
141 ), add a little vinegar and