Hemingway Soup Recipes

HEMINGWAY SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium (4- to 6-quart) soup pot over low heat, combine olive oil, onion, leeks and garlic. Saute until onion has softened, about 10 minutes. Add 9 cups of water, ham, white beans and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer, covered, until beans are tender, about 2 1/2 hours.
• Add cabbage and green beans. Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes. Add green peas and continue to simmer for 5 minutes more. Remove and discard ham. Adjust seasonings, and serve.

HEMINGWAY COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Juice the grapefruits and divide the juice among 4 glasses. Add 1 1/2 ounces of vodka to each glass. Add desired amount of simple syrup to sweeten the drink. Stir well.
• Dip the grapefruit slices in sugar, to coat. Place 1 sugar dipped grapefruit slice on the rim of each glass.
• Combine the water and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring the water just to a boil and boil until the sugar dissolves, but the mixture does not get any color. Remove from the heat and let cool. Store in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

HEMINGWAY DAIQUIRI COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Combine rum, lime juice, maraschino liqueur, and grapefruit juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
• Garnish with a lime wheel.

HEMINGWAY'S TROUT

Steps:

• Combine green onions, parsley, lemon juice, and pepper. Sprinkle trout cavities with salt, then spread each with onion mixture.
• In a wide frying pan over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp. Remove bacon from pan and drain. Leave 2 or 3 Tblsp. of the drippings in the pan and reserve remaining drippings.
• Combine baking mix and cornmeal on a piece of waxed paper. Coat trout on both sides with mixture. Arrange half the trout in pan. Cook, turning once, until fish is lightly browned and flakes readily when prodded in thickest portion with a fork. For a 1-inch thick fish (measured in thickest portion), allow 5 minutes per side. (Allow same ratio of thickness to time-1-inch: 10 minutes total- for fish of all thicknesses.).
• Cook remaining fish in reserved drippings. Slip a bacon strip into cavity of each fish. Garnish with lemon wedges.

HEMINGWAY (AKA DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON)

Steps:

• Pour the Pernod into a champagne glass, then add the champagne.

HEMINGWAY COCKTAIL

Steps:

• In highball or tall glass over ice, mix rum, lime juice, grapefruit juice and simple syrup. Garnish with lime slice.