Croatian Pork Soup The Day After Soup Recipes

CROATIAN CEVAPI

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine beef, veal, bread crumbs, onion, egg, soda water, seasoning blend, garlic, baking soda, paprika, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Mix well. Shape into small sausages and place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat and lightly oil the grate. Grill sausages until browned, about 5 minutes per side.

CROATIAN PORK SOUP ("THE DAY AFTER SOUP")

Steps:

• Put pork meat into cold water with whole carrot, celeriac, parsnip and onion and cook for about 2 hours until becomes soft.
• Take out the meat and keep the water and carrot (you will need it later). Cut the meat into small pieces, remove bones. Take out the brain and join it with the meat. Cut the carrot into small pieces.
• Put lard in a separate pot melt it and add finely minced onion. Sauté the onion until become soft.
• Add finely minced garlic and flour and fry it until flour become brownish. Add cold water and mix it until you get creamy liquid.
• Add hot and sweet paprika and more water. Make soup removing eventual small flour clods.
• Add the previously preserved water you've cooked pork in it, pork meat, carrot, bay leaf, vinegar, salt, pepper and cook the soup for 1 more hour.
• If not sour enough, add more vinegar. Before serving, add sour cream and dill. Serve and eat.

CROATIAN STUFFED PEPPERS IN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix ground beef, egg, rice, bread crumbs, and onion powder together in a large bowl.
• Pack the ground beef mixture into the green bell peppers, eliminating all air pockets. Form the remaining beef mixture into large balls.
• Combine water, tomato sauce, tomato paste, salt, black pepper, and garlic powder in a Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Carefully lower peppers and meatballs into the sauce with a slotted spoon. Bring back to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, until beef is cooked through and rice is tender, about 1 hour.
• Mix sour cream and flour together in a small bowl. Slowly stir in some of the sauce. Pour into the Dutch oven and mix well. Simmer until flavors combine, 3 to 4 minutes more.

CROATIAN BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• Put cold water in a pot (appropriate large pot). If you want better soup put beef in cold water, if you want better beef meat put it in hot water.
• Rind carrots, onion, parsley, celery and put all other ingredients into water. Boil and after it boils reduce heat and cook for 3 to 4 hours.
• Filter the soup.
• If you want, put into strained soup carrots, and add noodles or whatever you like in soup, sprinkle with freshly minced parsley leafs and serve.