Healthy Veal Shin Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 veal shank, meaty
• 4 quarts water
• salt and pepper (to taste)
• 1 pint celery, diced
• 1 pint potato, diced
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 1 cup carrot, diced
• 1 tablespoon margarine (for dough balls)
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder, rounded
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 -3 tablespoon water (or more if needed)

Recipe

• 1 put veal shin in water and cook atop stove until meat is very soft.
• 2 cool and then remove meat from bone and chop it into bite-sized pieces and set aside.
• 3 strain broth.
• 4 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 5 add celery, potatoes, carrots, and onions.
• 6 cook on medium heat for about 15 minutes.
• 7 prepare dough balls by sifting dry ingredients together and then cutting margarine into sifted dry ingredients.
• 8 add just enough water to make a stiff dough.
• 9 work dough with floured hands and form into pea-sized balls.
• 10 add balls to boiling soup broth and cook about 25 minutes longer.
• 11 add meat, stir, and serve.