Koprova
DILL CREAM SOUP
| Boil: | 3 medium sized potatoes, cubed |
| 3 cups water | |
| 1 tsp. salt |
When the potatoes are almost done, add 1 cup sour cream (can be thinned with some milk) mixed with 2½ tbsp. flour. When the soup comes to a boil add 1 tbsp. chopped dill (fresh.) Raw eggs may be dropped into the soup after it is thickened and cooked over a slow fire, or it may be served with hard boiled eggs.
For added zest 1 or 2 tsp. vinegar may be mixed into the soup.
Jaterni Knedliky s Polevkou
LIVER DUMPLING SOUP
Cook a beef shank or ribs as for soup with 1 tsp. salt for one hour. Add 1 carrot, ½ medium onion, and 1 or 2 stalks celery and continue cooking. When meat is cooked, remove meat and vegetables and strain the soup. Then drop the dumpling batter into the boiling broth, a teaspoon at a time. Cook until dumplings are cooked through.
DUMPLING BATTER
4 slices beef liver, ground
½ or ¾ cup bread crumbs
1 egg
1 small minced onion
1 clove garlic (rubbed to a paste)
1 tsp. marjoram
1 tsp. minced parsley
Season with salt and pepper. Mix well.
(If desired, ¼ cup rice may be cooked in the broth before the dumplings are added.)
Teleci s Paprikou
VEAL WITH PAPRIKA
2 lbs. veal
3 tbsp. butter
2 finely minced onions (medium)
Beef broth
1 tbsp. flour
¼ tsp. paprika
1 cup sour cream
Cut veal into medium sized pieces. Place butter and onion in saucepan (preferably iron or heavy aluminum.) When it bubbles, add meat, salt to taste, cover, and stew until tender. Then add several tbsp. of the broth. Dust with the flour. Add paprika and stew a while longer. Add sour cream. When it bubbles, remove the meat from the gravy, strain the gravy to remove any lumps and pour the gravy over the meat. For added zest, add a small amount of vinegar. More flour may be needed to thicken the gravy.
This is good served with cubed bread dumplings.
Rabbit may also be cooked in this way.
