salt, and a bunch of sweet herbs; let the whole stew gently for eight hours, then strain and let it stand to get cold, when the fat must be removed, then return it to the saucepan to warm up. Ten minutes before serving, throw in the balls, from which the soup takes its name, and which are made in the following manner:
Take half a pound of matso flour, two ounces
of chopped suet, season with a little pepper,
salt, ginger, and nutmeg; mix with this, four
beaten eggs, and make it into a paste, a small
onion shred and browned in a desert spoonful
of oil is sometimes added; the paste should be
made into rather large balls, and care should
be taken to make them very light.
TOMATA SOUP.
Take a dozen unpealed tomatas, with a bit of clarified suet, or a little sweet oil, and a small Spanish onion; sprinkle with flour, and season with salt and cayenne pepper, and boil them in a little gravy or water; it must be stirred to prevent burning, then pass it through a sieve, and thin it with rich stock to the consistency of winter pea-soup; flavour it with
