Bojti Halikraleves (Spawn Soup For Lent) Recipe

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   Peel vegetables and cut into small pcs, and together with salt, bay leaves and peppercorns cook them in 2 quarts water until they are almost soft.

2. 2

   Make a roux with butter and flour, cook for only a few min, leaving it very light.

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   Add in paprika and whip 1/2 c. cool water into the roux.

4. 4

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

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   Reduce heat to a simmer.

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   Add in fish pcs and fish head, and simmer soup for 10 min.

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   Add in spawn and cook for another 5 min.

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

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   Adjust salt and vinegar to your taste.

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

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    There are almost always little bits of fish meat, bones and heads left over and which's when this soup would be a good beginning for a Lenten meal.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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