*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                      Beef Soup with Liver Dumplings

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Beef                             Soups/Stews

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2  pound         Beef or calf liver
   3      slices        White bread -- crusts removed
                        Water
   2      tablespoons   Finely chopped onion
   2      tablespoons   Bacon drippings or butter
   1      teaspoon      Finely chopped parsley
   1                    Egg
   1      dash          Salt
   1      dash          Pepper
   1      dash          Marjoram
     1/4  cup           Fine dry bread crumbs +/-
   1 1/2  quarts        Fresh beef broth OR
                        Canned beef consomme
                        Finely chopped parsley (opt)

                                                            
   First prepare the dumplings: Cut liver in pieces and     
whirl in the blender or put through a meat chopper with a   
fine blade.                                                 
   Soak the bread in a little water; then squeeze as dry as 
possible. Put bread into blender with liver and whirl, or   
put the liver and bread again through the meat chopper.     
   In a small frying pan, saute the onion in the bacon      
drippings or butter until golden; add parsley, and leave a  
minute or two over the heat; then remove.                   
   Combine the liver and bread with the onion mixture. Add  
the egg, salt, pepper, marjoram and 1/4 cup of the bread    
crumbs, adding more bread crumbs until mixture is a         
consistency you can form into soft walnut-sized balls with  
2 teaspoons.                                                
   You can cover the bowl at this point, and refrigerate    
the dumpling mixture until time to heat the soup.           
   To serve: Heat your own beef broth or the canned         
consomme, diluted with an equal amount of water, until      
boiling. Spoon in the dumpling mixture, cover, reduce heat, 
and simmer for 6 minutes.                                   
   Sprinkle a little finely chopped parsley on each serving 
of soup.                                                    
   Makes 6 servings.                                        
                                 

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