I remember my Grandma making this, but seems like she also had bacon in it. Then add some of the hot brotha little at a time, to the sour cream-flour mixture or just the plain sour cream. Unfortunately, I dont have a real answer for you either. When it comes to produce, Ive been buying a large portion of organics for some time already. To make the soup cook faster, you start by soaking the beans overnight. Cook beans and cubed potatoes with garlic in broth in large pot until tender, about 20 to 25 minutes. Prep Time: 45 minutes. Also, you wont see the grainy bits, as you tend to if you add flour. Meanwhile, peel and cube the potato. Not only Slovak soups are cheap to make and make you full for longer time. Required fields are marked *, info@bratislavafoodtours.com View cookslovak4522s profile on Instagram, A sweet delicacy from a hundred years ago brought to life in the historical town of Kremnica, In search of Slovakias sweet and savoury delicacies, There are gems under the High Tatras you may have not heard about. It wasnt until maybe the last decade or so that I found out on my own that when mixing the flour,paprika,and butter that this is a good time to mix in the sour cream at the end.It blends well and with mixing it smooths things out. Have tons of beans of various types I need to get into meals! This looks pretty similar, I think Ill star with this one! My Slovak grandmother made a wonderful version of the Green Bean soup. I dont make it as often as I would cause I always scald myself and working with the cabbage is a real nuisance. I add sour cream to a soup when serving it and when its off the stove. This will thicken to sour cream consistency and can be stored in the fridge for upto 2 weeks. Of the meat main courses, the most popular Slovak dish is duck with red cabbage. Set meal during lunch break? Hey, this is my approach (after trying many things). Mix well and cook over medium heat for about 4-5 minutes. That is, except few big ones, which I just scoop out or squish on the side of the pot. kde ste boli, tetka Zuzua? when is almost done I fry onion with smoke sausage back home was chabajka with just little hot paprika and mix in cook maybe 10 more minutes . On SOCIAL MEDIA, share LINKS ONLY, do not copy and paste. DO NOT publish, or reproduce this original content anywhere, in any manner, without express written permission. Thank you, Susan. I will do it again. They are high in vitamin C, and also contain insoluble fibers which aid in digestion. It took her 2 days to make her soup because everything she put in including the meat was left overnight outside or in the frig to form a fatty film which the next day was ladled off with a spatula and thrown away and then the liquid was put in a colander and only the broth was used to make the soup with the fresh cut green beans added then and a few more fresh carrots, celery,sometimes turnips, potatoes, fresh parsley and dill salt and pepper to taste. Sounds great Lubos! Add to boiling salted water (slan voda) along with the potatoes (zemiaky), peeled and cubed. You will find this book on many kitchen shelves in Slovakia. bag of egg flakes (you will use 6 oz. + its then suitable for anyone who cant digest gluten. 5. I also added one potato (zemiak), cut into half-inch cubes. Simmer until potatoes are done. The potatoes provided some nice substance to the soup and also provided a complementary taste to the bacon. You should try making this soup, its really delicious. Turn down the heat and add the fresh or frozen dill. Kat, you can freeze the individul containers and add the sour cream or a heavy creem after you reheat the soup. Hers is still the best! What a great website! Let the beans and broth rest while you make the roux. They came to Ellis Island from Hungary and sailed on a ship out of Hamburg, Germany right before WW1brok out. I do make same soup with kidney beans from can or kapustnica. Included in this cookbook, website, family journal, spiritual tidbit compilation are recipes that either use water as a main ingredient for the recipe, or utilize water to boil noodles, rice, dumplings, etc., to be added to the recipe. Boil the bag of noodles according to the directions on the Im a pretty accomplished cook and Ive tried some of the suggestions posted here, just to see if theres any improvement over her soup. But she did fry bacon and make the thickening mixture with the grease from bacon and flour. To do this, you simply need one who cucumber, a clove of garlic, sugar, vinegar, pepper, and salt. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Order your copy today, Random Carbs & Grains Cut off the ends and then slice the beans into sections about half an inch long. Wishing you all happy holidays and all the best in 2018. Lentils, peas and beans Way to go! Serves 4+ Ingredients: 2 cups of dried beans (I used Cannellini) soaked in 6 cups water 3 cloves garlic 3 bay leaves 5 peppercorns, cracked lightly 1 large russet potato, about 1 lb 5 oz, peeled and cubed 5 slices cooked bacon, chopped 1/4 cup sour cream 1/2 cup milk 1/3 cup flour salt, to taste 2-4 Tbsp white vinegar This blog is powered by WordPress and HeatMap Adsense Theme, Welcome to SlovakCooking.com, website dedicated to traditional Slovak recipes and home-made cooking of our grandparents. Add salt, pepper, and onion powder, turn off the heat. I am going to make a sour bean soup tomorrow. I am making it this week-end. We have made it twice already and it is as great as I remember. Either way, the soup will turn out good. But I think I got ways to go until I am ready to make a book. Reduce heat I cant wait to try this soup. Its similar to what happens when you add hops when brewing beer (Ive made couple batches of beer in the past). This is very similar to sour cream but less sour and can be cooked & boiled without curdling. Stir in lemon juice, then season with salt and black pepper. I added a link of sliced Polish to it with the potatoes, dill, 1/2&1/2, and vinegar, and the zaprushka. I start cook cube potatoes ,i water with little sugar , salt, pepper and vinegar just litlle, when is half way cook add green beans.smoke butt cube. Lentils can be cooked with potatoes and root vegetables, salt, pepper. The bacon added a wonderful flavor.I didnt use any butter. What an added feast we thought we were getting. When Ismell the acetic odour of sauerkrat (magic is in fermenting in clay barrels), Iimmediately feel like there should be apine tree with presents underneath somewhere around. This recipe is exceptionally good. *Add 6 potatoes large-diced Just a thought. My Mother also added bacon. Content other than actual recipes on this site is copyrighted material. If you cannot get fresh green beans, frozen may be substituted. We had pumpernickel bread with it. Slovakia, officially known as the Slovak Republic, is a scenic landlocked country in Central Europe. You do NOT want to bring the soup back up to a boil or it will curdle. What else than the soup would you like to eat? Usually boiling hot, containing meat (sorry, vegetarians, its impossible to find atypical soup without meat or at least bacon or lard) and vegetables, you can find them everywhere. and then add a can of evaporated milk and simmer to thicken and then serve the sour cream and vinegar at the table. Tomorrow, I attempt Segedinsky gulas for the first time ever! I loved it! Add the reserved green onions and potato; stir well. incorporated into the broth. Saute chopped onions in 1 cup butter until golden brown. Auntie Suzy, where have you been? Many of them are quite similar to each other. This is sour lentil soup. Remove the meat from the soup, and set aside. Wow, I had forgotten about this wonderful soup. Never any meat of any kind and only made with fresh green beans and potatoes and dill from the garden which is why we only had it in July and August! Only made 1/2 the recipe and now I wish I made the whole thing b/c the soup is ALL GONE!. Not sure how long.Keep checking for water level. You remembered almost right, Cynthia. Place flour in a mixing bowl and take some of the 2 cups milk and whisk it with the flour to make a smooth paste. Next add about a tablespoon of sugar (cukor) and about a teaspoon of vinegar (ocot), to taste. Once the mixture was a smooth consistency, they then slowly added this mixture to the full pot of soup. Now, if you are trying to find the true reason behind this soup obsession it is pretty easy. Add the prunes after the first hour. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a small saute pan, add the onions and cook until soft, but not browned. The whole thing is thickened with sour cream and flour (or sometimes cream). My mom used some beef plate and a soup bone or a piece of smoked pork butt. We have grown our own varieties of legumes (including dry beans) for centuries, which is often reflected in our traditional folk culture. Gravy Master at this point if you like a darker broth. Add the sour cream mixture to the pan along with green beans; whisk the mixture until smooth. While this isnt the worst thing I ever ate (that Ive made), its probably in the bottom ten. A lot of them were based on the time of the football game, or other sporting event. I followed recipe using yellow wax beans. Sandwiches & Wraps. If youd prefer neater cubes of potato, go with a yukon gold. We ate it with hard crusted Artisan bread for dipping. Reduce heat to medium low. Gulov Polievka is a spicy soup dish, made mainly with meat, onions, bell pepper and paprika. Let it simmer over medium heat for 1 1/2 hours. Thanks Joe! Check. But because of all this, you also end up with so many different variations. Have you tried to temper the sour cream before adding it into the soup mixture? Like 16% kysla smotana, for example. On my way to the market for fresh green beans. I would like to know if there is another way to do the cabbage to make halupki other than steaming. You really have to be careful. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. My Bushings made this soup using yellow wax beans. http://www.akosatorobi.sk/video/1307/biela-sosovicova-polievka-recept-na-sosovicovu-polievku (You can add a few Not sure right now whether it applies to whipping cream or heavy one, I need to take a look next time in grocery store. There are many variations on every Slovak recipe. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Let the beans and broth rest 1 large russet potato, about 1 lb 5 oz, peeled and cubed I rather like it. Here in US I found that some Half%Half and whipping creams in had a fat percentage marked on the package, I guess it was Total milk fat or something similar and that percentage is different then the total fat percentage you can find in the Nutrition Facts chart. Once the flour mixture dissolves (break up large chunks by squishing them along the side of the pot), add sour cream (kysl smotana). She took full advantage of fast food and convenience items from the grocery store; as such, many of her lunches revolved around canned items, quite often, canned soup. Then prepare the flour mixture to thicken the soup, zpraka. She never added sour cream. They were always the best halupki in town! You would wonder how you could be hungry for supper at 4 or 5 oclock. I just get everything from the farmers market do not know how they did everything they did and have a huge garden! The liquid was watery and did have much flavor. *Melt a tablespoon bacon fat in a stock pot This dish is a Slovak classic, served both at home during Sunday dinners and at official dinners. Soups, in general, are among the most consumed dishes in the Slovakia. Hmmm. Then add flour to the drippings and stir until it gets a nice caramel or copper color. Then this is the ideal soup for you. My grandmother came from Michalovce. I got her recipe and made it at home a couple times as a quick supper. How cooking the world helped a new mother from a troubled childhood find peace and self-acceptance. i love green beans The most famous food, still popular in the Slovak kitchen, is bean soup. Next, cook the bacon but dont make it crispy. Nzvy slovenskch jedl uvedench v ztvorke po anglickom nzve nie s psan gramaticky sprvne. Tripes are then cut in small pieces and their shape gives this soup an extraordinary look. Here is how to avoiding sour cream from curdling. My 10 year old loved it too. It is often advised to try it many times, as its flavor varies from region to region. Dont walk away from it. My husband loves it. Fry the bacon for about 3 minutes. Estonian Food: 9 Must-Try Traditional Dishes of Estonia, Ivorian Food: 9 Must-Try Traditional Dishes of Ivorian Coast, Bryndzove Pirohy (Dumplings with Sheep Cheese), Panenka v Slaninke (Tenderloin wrapped in bacon), Kaica s ervenou Kapustou (Roast duck with cabbage). (you may not need it all) Then add a little milk instead of sour cream. Slowly add that to the beans and potatoes until well blended. Does anybody have a suggestion? Blend that flour in well. The key is to stir in a little at a time (dont try to pass the entire mixture through the strainer at once). It is usually served as a cream soup with fried bacon, croutons or extra boiled potatoes. There are many ways to use this aged sheep cheese on top of haluky (national food nr.1), as afilling in pirohy or with butter and onions as atypical and delicious spread. You want to bring the sour cream up closer to the soup temperature. turn off and mix in sour cream or greek jogurt wisk with some flour (if use jogurt soup do not need vinegar).and last you can add chop hard boil eggs. Soak the beans overnight, then add to a pot with garlic, bay leaves, and peppercorns. Kapustnica plays an important cultural role for Slovaks. It turned out great. Sauerkraut has a long history in Slovak culinary tradition, with first mentions going back to the 15th century. When half done, add beans, vinegar, pepper and garlic. while you make the roux. Start by washing the beans (fazua). Some folks do not like sour cream and thus let everybody make their own choice. I added about 5 teaspoons, but this again is just an estimate. It was made with red Pinto beans and little square (1/2 inch)pasta. When winter raindrops slide down the glass when the droplets are so close to ice that they sting on mywind-chappedface theres nothing better than a piping hot bowl of soup. this will bring the sour cream to room temp. salt, pepper, and onion powder, turn off the heat. I found that its absolutely mandatory to use sour cream and the vinegar. Try using the drippings from about 1/2 lb of fried bacon to make the roux instead of butter. medium low heat until medium brown, whisking constantly. I cant remeber what she made it with, but Ham keeps running through my mind. You want to go slow, and keep trying the soup after each addition. I used some leftover frozen ham from Christmas instead of bacon. Serve with a slice of good rye bread. If I have none of those, I use milk-2% and butter(real not the artificial). In one of the cookbooks I use, there are over 100 soup recipes. The staff often brought our lunch to work and inevitably wound up clustered together in the back room discussing the current days collection of dishes from brown bags and plastic containers. We Slovaks use to say that good fazuovica has to be so thick, that it can make aspoon stand. Many years ago, I worked in the office for the outlet store division of a well-known shirt and clothing manufacturer. Which are the most iconic? This gives it time for the flavors to meld. *Add 1-1/2 lbs of (fresh or frozen) cut green beans In Slovakia, cabbage soup is considered a traditional Christmas dish and in this version it also contains dried plums and apples. Slovak cuisine tends to be quite simple and cheap, consisting dishes that were once associated with peasants and highlanders. Stealing probably out of necessity! To prepare steranka: mix together egg, flour, and water and knead until smooth (dough should be very stiff). Drain the soaked beans on a sieve and discard the water. water. 2-4 Tbsp white vinegar Bordered by the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Ukraine and Romania, Slovakia sits at the very heart of Eastern Europe, with many of its most famous national dishes being influenced by its neighbors. Temper the sour cream with a few ladles of the hot green bean cooking liquid. Roux: Melt butter in small saucepan. 1. Dakujem za recept lubos. Those two values are different, the Nutrition Facts charts fat value is percent daily value in one serving size (serving size is different for each product). thanks! This just a general rule I have used for other such situations. One of my favorite morning dishes was palachintas (yum). I do not add Sour Cream but eat the soup after heating it for another two minutes so mixture thickens. Cover pot with a lid and maintain a slow bubble. One thing i would do is throw the beans before to cook them, since potatoes cook faster. http://www.labuznik.cz/recept/pasula-s-leckami/. Sour cream adds already taste to soup. I use milk, instead of sour cream, and vinegar. Sztrapacska is a very simple vegetarian dish consisting of noodles that are made from potatoes and flour which is cooked in salted boiling water. Thank you SlovakCooking.com. Don't forget to subscribe to the, http://www.mimibazar.sk/recept.php?id=22001, http://varecha.pravda.sk/recepty/lecky-zo-sladku-kapustu-fotorecept/17693-recept.html, http://www.slovakcooking.com/2011/recipes/pasta/cabbage-noodles-kapustove-fliacky/, http://www.akosatorobi.sk/video/1307/biela-sosovicova-polievka-recept-na-sosovicovu-polievku, http://www.labuznik.cz/recept/pasula-s-leckami/, 100% Whole Wheat Bread (Celozrnn Chlieb). I did have problems with the sour cream lumping as well. Took them out one freezer bag at a time and made them as needed/wanted. Subscribe to the newsletter. Knowing this value would help me out to decide what US cream to use when my mom tells me, for exaple, 10%-na smotana, 33%-na smotana, etc. Meanwhile, peel and cube the potato. green beans, cooked (or #2 can) 3 to 4 med. (Roux) The heat was turned off and the gravy was left alone for a few minutes before adding a tablespoon or more to taste, of sweet Hungarian (SZEGED) paprika. It is so good hot or cold special second day. Let go through boil to allow the flavors to mix. When she opened her insulated Thermos one day, she had a soup that she offered to share that she said was something her grandmother made when she was a girl, but she had put her own spin on it by using canned cream of potato soup and canned green beans. 3 cloves garlic this is going to be my tomorrows lunch, have all the goods,can not wait ( today, we have to finish left oversha ha ha..). Slovak bean soup includes beans, noodles, and potatoes, and is a light and filling soup that is suitable even for vegans. Both its preparation and its ingredients vary depending on the region of Slovakia. Soups are definitely an important part of Slovak cuisine. I would try Def Kats suggestions but I cant since I do not have a sour cream at home and do not feel like going to a grocery store in this heat (42 degrees Celsius). Prefer email? drops of Kitchen Bouquet or Gravy Master at this point if you like a darker Have been looking for the leche and seems hard to fine. I think that would help and maybe the heavy cream instead of sour cream. You may purchase at the grocer or to make your own is very simple: 500 mL heavy cream (used for whipping cream) Sunday, August 23, 2009, Tags: I still added vinegar for my taste sour cream alone is not sour enough. Bryndzove Pirohy are sheep cheese dumplings that are prepared similar to typical Russian dumplings but with sheeps cheese in the stuffing. When all else fails, go for the organic. So good! 3 bay leaves In frying pan brown 2 heaping tablespoons of flour. 5 slices cooked bacon, chopped I had never heard of Green Bean Soup before today and had to research the basic recipe. It does not do anything to taste but it does not look so good when presented on a table. Its not too puckery, but its all kinds of good. Heat a Dutch oven (you can also use a thick-bottomed soup pot, but may need to stir more often to prevent burning) over medium heat for about 3 minutes or so, until it's nice and hot. So if I want to make a huge pot & freeze in single serving containers (for my Dad), I cook with vineagar and completely forego the sour cream (or any of the dairy variants) right? In the last ten minutes, mix the sour cream, milk and flour into a slurry. I hope that this website will serve to preserve some of my "family recipes" and to kindle an interest in traditional cooking among the younger families in a not always traditional way. lecky are actually noodles and you can use them with different food/recipes. Recipe adapted from Slovak Catholic Sokol Cookbook. You can check out this website for percentages and definitions: *Add 2 rings of chopped Hillshire brand Polska Kielbasa & saut And, of course, always add the sour cream off the heat and do not boil once its added. The salty ones are often served with duck or goose, and the sweet ones are eaten as a dessert with poppy seed or nut mass and chocolate. Although this soup is considered to be iconic, many people dont cook it at home due to horrible smell it produces while cooking. Rest was the same as in Lubos recipee. Your recipes are practical, useful and very well illustrated. Enjoy! The word is loke, pronounced lok-SHE. Bean soup used to be part of the Christmas Eve dinner for many families. Does anyone have a recipe for Beans and Lechke? http://vimeo.com/53619420 You can order spinach haluski (spentove haluky), with cheese and sausage (gazdovsk haluky), with sour cabbage and ribs (pastierske haluky). Cook until the onions begin to turn translucent. Thanks everyone for sharing I always send my favorite cousin a picture of my green bean soup because we loved it while growing up together! A Taste of Slovakia series is much more than a collection of traditional Slovak recipes. We suppose you know our traditional cheese bryndza, right? If you have achance to try this soup on your trip to Bratislava or Slovakia, please do not miss the opportunity, youll love it! cook until all the roux is incorporated into the broth. I sometimes add smoked sausage or ham. Whisk in the remaining milk and sour cream until smooth. Adjust seasonings to taste with salt and black pepper. Thank you for sharing the tradional foods of Slovakia. When you visit Slovakia for the first time you will be surprised by the amount of soups we eat. One way or another, satisfying flavour of this soup will make you fall in love with bryndza. Of course, there is one issue not to have flour clamps, which usually happens when you are not able to mix flour with sour cream, or even with water when making roux (zaprasku), however Rado (I think) is talking about sour cream not able to mix with the soup and leaving kind of white granules that does not homogenize with the rest of soup. My grandmother made the most delicious green bean soup. I ended up using about 1 tablespoon, but this is just an estimate. to medium low. To thicken a soup I make a roux (zaprasku) and add in a soup, it always works when you make roux right and not clumpy. Add 1 teaspoon of caraway seeds to the boiling water (I . Soak them overnight in a large bowl filled with cold water. take a ladle of the water from the pot and put it in the sour cream,mix and then put it in the pot. Sunday, March 14, 2010, Tags: Decant the bl fazolov polvka into bowls . 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons sweet Hungarian paprika 1 cup water 1 cup sour cream Directions Combine broth, sauerkraut, dried mushrooms, peppercorns, bay leaves, and salt in a large stockpot over medium heat; bring to a boil. If you wait until the pan ingredients cool off a bit it will work out better. It sizzled when the paprika was added and made the whole mixture very brown, almost red color and smelled so good and pungent. Learn how your comment data is processed. I think this is the key hold off on the vinegar for a minute or two until the sour cream mixture is completely dissolved the vinegar is what causes the milk/sour cream to curdle (as an experiment see what happens when you pour some lemon juice into milk). I asked my mom in Slovakia and she said she use some kind of sour cream for cooking (Smotana na varenie), I am not sure what does it mean, why is it good for cooking. She actually recommends skipping out on the vinegar altogether if youre using sour cream as the vinegar then becomes redundant. Ill have to try the sour cream. I really enjoyed the taste as it was delish. My family enjoyed it but, over the years, I dropped it from my repertoire in favor of from-scratch cooking and basically forgot about it. Kapustnica. So I use just milk or Half&Half less sugar or not at all and more vinegar. beans, butter, dill, flour, paprika, potato, sugar, vinegar. The enumeration of these ingredients might seem strange for the foreigners, but in Slovakia, Kapustnica is considered to be a delicacy. While traditional recipes usefazua bens a reddish, whitish bean. I made the soup on Saturday using fresh yellow wax beans as my mom did in the summer. Subscribe to the newsletter. Also, as an alternative for a much lighter (and tastier) soup, instead of adding flour, when cooking potatoes add one largish grated potato (grated into mush). Good luck! Bring to a slow boil. Christmas dinner? Salt and pepper to taste. Here is a recipe for another popular soup, one made with green beans (zelen fazua) and potatoes (zemiaky). Its a lima bean soup with onions and tiny square egg noodles. My mom always scalded/steamed cabbage days before she nedded to use them and either put them in the refrigerator or freezer. It looks like this soup has so many variations:-) Anyway, I went to a grocery store and compared several diary products regular versus organic ones, such as sour cream, plain yogurt, whipping and heavy whipping creams. Some of the most commonly used ingredients include milk, potatoes, carrots, onions and cabbage. And thats it. It is particularly true about this creamy bean soup, which is often eaten as a meal on its own in my country. My Mother made Green Soup similarly while we were in Germany but I slim it down a bit for myself. Melt butter in small saucepan. To answer your earlier question about fat percentage, I think it depends on the manufacturer. If you want to thicken the soup, remember: Blend the flour into the sour cream first. He loves his Babkas soup. I take whatever amount of liquid I need from the pot of soup, let it cool down, whisk in the corn starch, then slowly add to soup.