Bojti Halikraleves (Spawn Soup For Lent)

BOJTI HALIKRALEVES (SPAWN SOUP FOR LENT)

8 Preparation Time :

Categories : Soups/stews Fish

Hungarian

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -- -- --

2 ea Carrots

2 ea Parsnips

2 md Onions

1 sm Celery knob

1 t Salt

2 ea Bay leaves

5 ea Peppercorns, black

1 tb Butter, unsalted

1 tb Flour, all-purpose

1 pn Paprika

1/2 lb Fish fillet -- small pieces

1 ea 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -