For beef soup, wash the vegetables and clean or peel them if necessary. Cut the onion in half and brown the skin on the cut surface (this gives the soup a nice golden color).
Add cold water, add the meat and bring to the boil. Skim off the rising foam with a sieve ladle.
Add the vegetables, onion and spices (except salt) and simmer on low heat for about 1 1/2-2 hours. If necessary, skim off more foam in between.
Then strain the soup, chop the vegetables and meat, season with salt!
Serve the beef soup with a garnish to taste (fritattas, noodles, semolina dumplings, liver dumplings,…).