Winter Melon Soup Recipe
Winter Melon Soup is a mouth watering appetizer recipe. Try this Winter Melon Soup; I am sure you will get a lot of compliments for this one!
Ingredients
1/4 pound pork loin
1/4 pound good-quality smoked ham such as Smithfleld or prosciutto
1/4 pound dark chicken meat, skinned and boned
4 cups Chicken Stock
2 cups water
2 tablespoons dry sherry
1 pound winter melon, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger root
1/4 pound cooked crabmeat, shredded
1/4 pound mushrooms, cleaned and thinly sliced
2 ounces dried lotus seeds
Directions
Blanch pork, ham, and chicken in 1 quart boiling water for about 5 minutes.
Drain and cool.
Cut the pork, chicken, all but 1 tablespoon ham into 1/4- to 1/2-inch pieces.
Mince reserved tablespoon ham to be used for garnish later.
Pour chicken stock and water into a 5- to 6-quart pot.
Add sherry, diced pork, chicken, ham, and melon.
Season with salt, pepper, and minced ginger root.
Bring to a boil, lower heat, and simmer, partially covered, for 10 minutes.
Stir in shredded crab, sliced mushrooms, and lotus seeds, and simmer 10 minutes longer.
Drain and cool.
Cut the pork, chicken, all but 1 tablespoon ham into 1/4- to 1/2-inch pieces.
Mince reserved tablespoon ham to be used for garnish later.
Pour chicken stock and water into a 5- to 6-quart pot.
Add sherry, diced pork, chicken, ham, and melon.
Season with salt, pepper, and minced ginger root.
Bring to a boil, lower heat, and simmer, partially covered, for 10 minutes.
Stir in shredded crab, sliced mushrooms, and lotus seeds, and simmer 10 minutes longer.
