Best Veal Soup Recipes

CHICKEN AND EGG SOUP WITH LITTLE VEAL MEATBALLS

Steps:

• This recipe has many personal touches: The combination of beef and chicken in the base of the recipe is something I got from my mother, studding the chicken with a couple of cloves to add a special flavor from making chicken stock at Guy Savoy in Paris and most of all, the meatballs from my parents. This soup is a meal unto itself and tastes even better leftover.
• 2 stalks celery with leaves, inner pieces from the bunch peeled of outer skin, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• Soup: Season the chicken with salt, to taste, and push the 2 cloves into 1 of the chicken thighs. Add it to a large stock pot, cover with about 4 quarts water and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
• Meanwhile, season the beef bones with salt and brown them in a cast iron pan with the canola oil, searing them over medium heat. Add them to the pot with the chicken. To the pan that the bones were seared in, over medium heat, add the carrots, celery and onion and toss until they are coated in oil. Add the thyme and bay leaves to the stock pot along with the sauteed vegetables. Bring the soup to a gentle simmer and skim the surface with a ladle. Discard any oil or "scum" that accumulates. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt, not too much, and lower the heat to finish cooking the chicken slowly.
• Meatballs: Put the ground veal into a medium bowl. Add the salt, garlic, Parmesan, basil, egg and bread crumbs. Use your hands to mix to blend the ingredients. Roll a small meatball and cook a "tester" ladled into the soup, if desired. Taste and reseason the meat mixture, if needed. Roll the rest of the veal into small meatballs. They should be about the size of a small cherry tomato. (Chef's Note: Imperfectly rolled meatballs actually make this soup more homey and real.) Arrange the meatballs in a single layer on a baking sheet and refrigerate.
• After about 45 minutes at a gentle simmer, taste the chicken soup and adjust the seasoning, if needed. Use a large spoon and a pair of tongs to remove the chicken to a baking sheet or other flat surface and allow it to cool for a few minutes. Remove the beef bones and scoop out the marrow. Add it to the soup, if desired. Remove and discard the fresh thyme and bay leaves. Take the breast and thigh meat off the chicken, taking care to discard the bones and skin. Break the chicken into bite-size pieces, but not too small, and add them to the soup.
• Bring the soup to a gentle simmer and add the meatballs. Allow it to continue simmering for a couple of minutes so the meatballs have a chance to cook. Drizzle in the eggs and continue to mix as they cook. They should look like little threads in the soup. Stir in the spinach and taste for seasoning. Transfer the soup to serving bowls and serve sprinkled with the Parmesan.

CHICKEN SOUP WITH TINY VEAL MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a 10-quart soup kettle. Add the garlic and saute for a minute, then add the veal and brown on all sides. Add the chicken wings and four quarts of water. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and cook for 20 minutes, skimming the top from time to time.
• Add the onion, bay leaves, celery, carrots, salt, peppercorns and dill. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and cook for one hour or until the veal is tender when pierced with a fork.
• Remove the veal and save for making the meatballs. Strain the soup through a fine sieve. Cool and refrigerate until ready to use.
• When preparing to serve, skim the fat from the surface of the soup. Bring the soup to a boil, lower the heat and gently drop in the tiny meatballs. Cook for 15 minutes.
• To serve, pour the soup in individual bowls. Place three meatballs in each bowl, garnish each with one-half teaspoon of fresh salmon caviar and watercress leaves.

ITALIAN VEAL AND CANNELLINI BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except bell pepper and basil in 3 1/2- to 6-quart slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 8 to 10 hours (or high heat setting 4 to 5 hours) or until veal is tender.
• Stir in bell pepper and basil.
• Cover and cook on high heat setting about 15 minutes or until hot.

CLASSIC ONION SOUP WITH VEAL STOCK

Steps:

• In a large heavy kettle, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the onions, leeks and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are very soft and deeply browned, about 1 hour. (Lower the heat if the onions begin to stick to the bottom of the pan or burn.)
• Add the veal stock to the kettle. Wrap the thyme, parsley and bay leaf in a small square of cheesecloth and add the bundle to the kettle. Bring to a boil, lower to a simmer and simmer 15 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in the sherry and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• When ready to serve, preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place a slice of toasted bread in the bottom of 6 ovenproof soup bowls. Ladle 1 cup of soup over each. Sprinkle generously with cheese and bake until the cheese is deeply browned and bubbling, about 10 minutes. Allow to cool slightly and serve.

VEAL SOUP

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter or margarine in dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Add veal to pan and saute until lightly brown on all sides.
• Stir in carrot, onion, celery, leek and pimiento (or red bell pepper) and saute 5 minutes longer.
• Add broth, herbs and seasonings to pan and simmer for 45 minutes or until meat is tender.
• Adjust seasonings if necessary.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in small saucepan over low heat.
• Whisk in flour and stir for 3 minutes.
• Whisk into soup.
• Continue simmering 5 minutes longer.
• While soup is simmering beat eggs in small bowl.
• Whisk into eggs 1 1/2 cups soup and then return egg mixture to soup and stir well.
• Remove from heat and adjust seasonings if necessary.
• Garnish soup bowls with parsley if desired.

VIENNESE VEAL SOUP

Steps:

• 1. in a large soup pot with 3 oz of the butter, saute the veal, onion, carrots, celery and half of the parsley for about 5 min. Add the herbs and spiices, stock and 1/2 quart water. Simmer until veal is tender, about 45 minutes. 2. In a small saucepan over medium heat, make a roux with the remaining 4 oz butter and a suitable amount of flour. Add the roux to the soup while stirring constantly until thickened. Season. 3. slowly drip the beaten eggs into the soup, and simmer for a few more minutes to ensure the roux has been cooked. 4. this soup is best after cooling overnight in the fridge. Simply reheat and garnish with remaining parsley

COLD VEAL SOUP WITH SALSA VERDE

Steps:

• Four days before: In a large bowl or plastic container, combine kosher salt, sugar and 2 quarts water. Stir until sugar and salt are dissolved. Using a meat syringe, inject some brine into 4 to 6 places in veal. Place veal in brine; refrigerate 4 days.
• Remove veal from brine, rinse and place in a bowl. Cover with water; let sit 10 minutes. Remove from water, place in a deep pot, and cover with cold water by 1 inch. Add bay leaf and peppercorns, and heat gently over medium heat, skimming occasionally. Do not boil; keep at a bare simmer. Cook until a thermometer inserted into center of meat reads 160 degrees, about 1 hour. Transfer veal to a medium bowl, and strain half the cooking liquid over veal. Let cool. Return pot to stove, and taste remaining cooking liquid. If salty, add water until it tastes balanced. Bring to a simmer. Place celery in a bowl or container large enough to hold broth. When it just reaches a simmer, strain into bowl with celery. Let cool. Then separately chill veal with its liquid, and celery with its broth, in refrigerator.
• Meanwhile, make salsa verde: Preheat oven to 350. Place almonds on a cookie sheet, and toast in oven, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven, and pour warm almonds into a food processor (or mortar). Let almonds cool a few minutes. Then, while warm, add parsley, lovage, capers and 1 tablespoon olive oil, and pulse until coarse (or pound with a pestle). Sauce should be dry and coarse, just bound with olive oil, so add oil sparingly, a few drops at a time. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• To serve: Remove veal from liquid; carve into 1/8-inch slices. Ladle a 1/2 inch of broth and celery into each of six bowls. In each, arrange three slices, overlapping (so that some is above liquid). Dollop about 1 tablespoon of salsa verde on veal. Serve.

HEALTHY VEAL SHIN SOUP

Steps:

• Put veal shin in water and cook atop stove until meat is very soft.
• Cool and then remove meat from bone and chop it into bite-sized pieces and set aside.
• Strain broth.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Add celery, potatoes, carrots, and onions.
• Cook on medium heat for about 15 minutes.
• Prepare dough balls by sifting dry ingredients together and then cutting margarine into sifted dry ingredients.
• Add just enough water to make a stiff dough.
• Work dough with floured hands and form into pea-sized balls.
• Add balls to boiling soup broth and cook about 25 minutes longer.
• Add meat, stir, and serve.