June Meyer's Authentic Hungarian Tomato Soup (Paradicsom Lev

Title:
June Meyer's Authentic Hungarian Tomato Soup (Paradicsom Lev

Yield:
4 -6

Categories:
Hungary,
Soups




Ingredients:





   1/2 lb Good bacon,


          -sliced and cut


          -in small pieces


     1 lg Onion, minced


    32 oz Can of crushed


          -of pureed tomato size


    32 oz Water


   1/2 c  Celery, minced


     1 tb Sugar


          A few peppercorns


          -and salt to taste






 Ah Paradise to eat Hungarian Tomato Soup. The tomato once feared as being


 poisonous, was also called the Paradice Appfel or Apple of Paradise. When


 my Grandmother came to this country from Austria-Hungary, she brought not


 only flower seeds, Poppies included, but all kinds of old-world tomato


 seeds. Hungarian heart shaped tomatos, heavy, sweet and succulent. It was
a


 yearly ritual in late summer to can and bottle all those wonderful ripe


 tomatos the garden produced. All winter long we children would be sent down


 to the preserves cellar to bring up jars of tomatos, peppers, pickles,


 dilled squash, plums, peaches, beets, jams and jellies. Alas, I no longer


 have a garden so I must rely on store bought cans of tomatos.


 


 Hungarian Pancakes, (Palacsinta) were always served after the soup course.


 Thin crepes, slathered with strawberry jam, rolled up and sprinkled with


 powdered sugar. This was a complete meal, good for a Saturday noon, or


 Sunday night. Ah Paradise! Regards, June Meyer.


 


 Saute bacon in a soup pot, and drain off bacon fat. Saute minced onion and


 celery with bacon bits in pot till transparent. Add the can of tomatos and


 add one can of water. Add 1 Tbls. sugar, and peppercorns. Bring soup pot to


 low boil, and lower heat to simmer and let simmer about


      45    min. or 1hour. Soup can contain broad noodles, or rice. precook


 these and add before serving. Serves 4 to 6.


 


 If you try one of my recipes please tell me what you think.


                   E-Mail me at: june4@interaccess.com


 


 WALT


 Posted to EAT-L Digest 25 November 96


 


 Date:    Tue, 26 Nov 1996 22:50:04 -0500


 


 From:    Walt Gray