TOMATO SOUP

2 ½ lb of tomatoes;
1 ½ oz of butter or margarine;
2 oz ham;
salt;
Lemon juice; 3 pints of stock of any kind;
10 peppercorns;
1 blade of mace;
1 oz of cornflour;
1 bunch of herbs;
1 onion;
1 carrot;
1 turnip;
2 sticks of celery.

Slice the tomatoes, carrot, turnip, and onion. Wash and slice the celery, and cut up the ham. Melt the margarine in a pan, add all the vegetables except the tomatoes and the ham, and stir over low heat for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, stock, mace, peppercorns, herbs, and a little salt. Simmer gently for about 1 ½ hours or until the vegetables are soft. Remove the herbs and rub the soup through s sieve. Return the purée to the pan and stir until boiling. Mix the cornflour with a little stock, water, or milk, and stir it into the soup, stir until boiling, simmer for 5 minutes, add a little cochineal or carmine and a squeeze of lemon juice; season and serve with fried croûtons.
For 4 or 5 persons. Time - 2 hours.

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