Kalfskopsoep - Calf's Head Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 calf's head
• 1 teaspoon whole cloves
• 3 eggs, hardcooked and chopped
• 2 cups milk
• marjoram
• parsley, minced
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1/4 lb veal steak, ground
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons butter
• salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons butter

Recipe

• 1 remove brains from head and reserve for another dish.
• 2 soak head in cold water; scrub tongue well.
• 3 place in a large kettle, cover with water and boil until meat drops from the bones.
• 4 remove from broth, pick meat from bones, return to broth and continue simmering meat with cloves (tied in a cheesecloth bag) for another two hours.
• 5 add hard cooked eggs, milk, marjoram and parsley.
• 6 make meatballs by combining all ingredients except the butter and shape into marble-sized balls.
• 7 fry in butter and drop into soup 20 minutes before serving.
• 8 make dough balls by combining flour and butter with just enough water to make it possible to shape into smll balls.
• 9 drop into soup ten minutes before serving.
• 10 adjust seasoning and serve hot.