Bojti Halikraleves (Spawn Soup for Lent)

Title:
Bojti Halikraleves (Spawn Soup for Lent)

Yield:
8 Servings

Categories:
Soups,
Hungary,
Fish




Ingredients:





     2    Carrots


     2    Parsnips


     2 md Onions


     1 sm Celery knob


     1 ts Salt


     2    Bay leaves


     5    Peppercorns, black


     1 tb Butter, unsalted


     1 tb Flour, all-purpose


     1 pn Paprika


   1/2 lb Fish fillet; small pieces


     1    Fish head


     1 lb Spawn (fish roe)


     2 tb Vinegar, wine, white


   1/4 c  Sour cream






   Peel vegetables and cut into small pieces, and together with salt, bay


 leaves and peppercorns cook them in 2 qts water till they are almost soft.


   Make a roux with butter and flour, cook for only a few minutes, leaving


 it very light. Add paprika and whip 1/2 cup cold water into the roux.


   Pour roux into the vegetable mixture and bring again to a boil. Reduce


 heat to a simmer.


   Add fish pieces and fish head, and simmer soup for 10 minutes. Add spawn


 and cook for another 5 minutes.


   Pour in the vinegar; just before serving stir in the sour cream. Adjust


 salt and vinegar to your taste.


   Note: During Lent most Hungarians eat a lot of fish. There are almost


 always little bits of fish meat, bones and heads left over and that's when


 this soup would be a good beginning for a Lenten meal.


 


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