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Gesztenye kremleves (cream of chestnut soup)

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Ingredients:
3/4 lbsChestnuts
1 Parsnips, peeled, chopped
-fine
2 Carrots, peeled, chopped
-fine
1 Celery knob, peeled, chopped
-fine
1/2 lbsVeal, ? cubes
4 tbspButter, unsalted
1 tspSalt
1/4 tspPepper, black
1/2 cupHeavy cream
2 Egg yolks
Procedures:
1Cook the chestnuts, shell them, and puree them.
2Brown the chopped vegetables with the meat in butter and cook over low heat for 10 minutes.
3Add 5 cups water, salt, pepper and cook the soup over low heat until vegetables and meat are done.
4Mix pureed chestnuts into cooked soup and boil for another 5 minutes.
5Mix heavy cream with eggs yolks, whip into the soup.
6Adjust salt, serve