Hungarian Goulash Soup - {Gulyßsleves}

Talk about authentic! Sandor Fenyvesi has translated his wife's marvelous recipe for Gulyßsleves into English and sent it in from Budapest. Mr. Fenyvesi is an air traffic controller in Budapest Approach and uses professional English in his job. He says, "the kitchen is my wife's empire, so I translate interesting recipes for her to try -- and if my family likes it, then we add it to our personal cookbook." Mr. Fenyvesi's own website can be found at www.nexus.hu/flashfy.

Courses: Soup
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

2 lbs	908g / 32oz	Beef chuck or other stew beef
6 tablespoons	90ml	Lard or other cooking fat
2 tablespoons	30ml	Onions - (to 3) (medium)
2		Garlic cloves - crushed
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cumin
2 tablespoons	30ml	Hot Hungarian paprika
		(or mix with sweet Hungarian paprika
		To your taste)
		Salt - to taste
10 cups	2370ml	Beef stock
4 cups	948ml	New potatoes - (Hungarian Rózsaburgonya (medium)
		Or "pink potato") - peeled, and
		Cut into 1/2" square cubes
2		Banana peppers - chopped
		(these are also called "Hungarian wax" -
		Use the sweet blunt or pointed piquant
		Ones, as you wish)
2		Tomatoes - peeled, chopped (medium)
		(or a 15-oz can of tomatoes, seeded
		And chopped)
1		Celery leaves - tied in a bundle
		With string
		Garnish
		Homemade pasta bits - (made from 1 egg
		And about 3/4 cup flour)
		Finely-chopped green onions

Recipe Instructions

Prepare the meat by cutting away all fat and cubing it into small pieces -- about 1/2-inch square. Set aside.

Chop the onion finely and saute in hot lard in a Dutch oven until golden brown. Stir in the crushed garlic. Sprinkle with cumin and stir in.

Remove the pot from the heat and let cool down. Sprinkle on all the Hungarian paprika and stir in well -- then mix in the meat cubes and salt. Return the pot to a medium heat and let roast, mixing from time to time and adding stock, if needed, to keep it from drying out. When nicely roasted, moisten again, cover, and let stew.

When the meat is soft, add the potato cubes, the chopped peppers, chopped tomatoes, and the remaining stock (add water to make a total of about 12 cups (3 litres) of soup) -- then plunge in the bundle of celery leaves. Bring soup to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until the vegetables and meat are tender.

Prepare the pasta by kneading the flour into the beaten egg. This is especially easy in a food processor. The dough will be stiff. Cover with plastic and let rest for at least an hour. Knead again briefly, then roll into a pencil shape and cut into pea-size pieces. Sprinkle with a little flour to keep from sticking.

When 10 minutes away from serving, bring the soup to a boil. Add the pasta pieces, reduce heat, cover partially, and leave alone for about 5 minutes or so. Mix carefully. Remove celery bundle. Then ladle into bowls and top with finely chopped green onions. As Mr. Fenyvesi says, "So easy to do, so tempting to the appetite!"

As for this superb soup, serve as a meal to 8 people.

Source:
Soup Of The Evening...Beautiful Soup at http://www.soupsong.com

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