Bojti halikraleves (spawn soup for lent)
Yield: 8 Servings
Ingredients:
- 2 ea Carrots
- 2 ea Parsnips
- 2 md Onions
- 1 sm Celery knob
- 1 ts 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
Instructions:
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.
