Ls Ayres Tea Room Chicken Velvet Soup Recipe

I wanted to share the recipe for this beautiful dish.

Ls ayres tea room chicken velvet soup recipe.

Ayres tea room 3 4 cup butter 3 4 cup of flour 1 cup warm milk 1 pint hot chicken stock 1 cup warm cream 1 quart chicken stock. Too many memories to share here but their chicken velvet soup stands out. Combine butter and flour blending well. It has been a classic and favorite for 110 years.

Ayres tearoom was known for its chicken velvet soup a cream soup with no vegetables visible and chopped whitemeat chicken. 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. Ayres tea room recipes recollection. My husband purchased the recipe book for me while we were in the gift shop.

Chicken velvet soup l s. Add celery and onion puree recude heat to medium and cook until throughly softened but not browned. Family cookbooks are an important way to preserve our mealtime traditions for future generations with individual printed recipes or your own professionally printed cookbook. Combine milk 1 pint of broth and the cream in a large pot.

Add flour to melted butter. This is the exact recipe once used by the tea room at l. I worked a couple blocks away and frequented the tea room for lunch. Add warm milk pint of hot chicken stock and warm cream.

Cut up onion and celery and puree in food processor. Ayres department store in downtown indianapolis. Melt butter in saucepan. This was served in the tea room of l s ayres a well known department store in downtown indianapolis.

Ayres tea room recipes and recollections published by the indiana state museum is. The store closed in 1992. Heat margarine to bubbling hot in a large heavy saucepan. This soup was my favorite item on the menu.

After cooking well add remaining ingredients. Surprisingly it s not as heavy as you might imagine and tasty without being too salty like many canned cream soups are. Cook for 1 minute over medium high heat. 7 and features many l s.

The tea room opens each year for holiday dining until jan.