Ls Ayres Tea Room Chicken Velvet Soup Recipe

Melt butter in saucepan.

Ls ayres tea room chicken velvet soup recipe.

Ayres tearoom was known for its chicken velvet soup a cream soup with no vegetables visible and chopped whitemeat chicken. Cook for 1 minute over medium high heat. This is the exact recipe once used by the tea room at l. Ayres tea room recipes recollection.

Combine butter and flour blending well. Family cookbooks are an important way to preserve our mealtime traditions for future generations with individual printed recipes or your own professionally printed cookbook. Heat margarine to bubbling hot in a large heavy saucepan. Add celery and onion puree recude heat to medium and cook until throughly softened but not browned.

This was served in the tea room of l s ayres a well known department store in downtown indianapolis. Ayres department store in downtown indianapolis. Combine milk 1 pint of broth and the cream in a large pot. Chicken velvet soup l s.

I wanted to share the recipe for this beautiful dish. L s ayres tea room chicken velvet soup. The tea room opens each year for holiday dining until jan. This soup was my favorite item on the menu.

After cooking well add remaining ingredients. It has been a classic and favorite for 110 years. 7 and features many l s. Surprisingly it s not as heavy as you might imagine and tasty without being too salty like many canned cream soups are.

My husband purchased the recipe book for me while we were in the gift shop. Add warm milk pint of hot chicken stock and warm cream. Cut up onion and celery and puree in food processor. This recipe takes me back to my childhood in the 1950 s when my mother and i would take an occasional shopping trip to indianapolis we lived in anderson in and have lunch in the ayre s tearoom.

I worked a couple blocks away and frequented the tea room for lunch. Add flour to melted butter. You can get a cup or a bowl or have soup with half a sandwich. Ayres tea room recipes and recollections published by the indiana state museum is.

My mother used to take me there when i was a little girl in the 60 s and this was my very favorite soup of all time.