Hungarian Pepper Soup With Romano Crisps Recipes

HUNGARIAN PEPPER SOUP WITH ROMANO CRISPS

Steps:

• On a baking sheet, sprinkle 1 tablespoon Romano cheese into a 3-in. circle, repeat 15 times. Bake at 300° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown., In a Dutch oven, saute peppers in butter until tender. Stir in the flour, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper until blended. Gradually add stock. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the meatballs, milk and cream cheese; heat through (do not boil). Serve with Romano crisps.

GENEVA'S ULTIMATE HUNGARIAN MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir the onions in the butter until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and continue cooking until the mushrooms are tender, about 5 minutes more. Stir the dill, paprika, soy sauce, and chicken broth into the mushroom mixture; reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 15 minutes.
• Whisk the milk and flour together in a small bowl. Stir the mixture into the soup. Add the tomato and Hungarian wax pepper. Return cover to the pot and simmer another 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper. Mix the sour cream into the soup and continue cooking and stirring until the soup has thickened, 5 to 10 minutes more. Remove the Hungarian wax pepper and tomato and discard before serving the soup.

MICHAEL ROMANO'S SECRET-INGREDIENT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, carrot, leeks, garlic, salt, black pepper, and Aleppo pepper and cook, stirring, until the onion becomes translucent, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the sausage and cook, breaking it up into small pieces with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
• Drain off the excess fat, leaving about 2 tablespoons in the pan. Stir in the cornmeal. Add the stock, stirring, and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the greens and cook for 15 minutes more, or until tender.
• Ladle into bowls and garnish with grated Parmigiano.

EASY HUNGARIAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or stockpot, heat oil then cook onions over a medium heat until soft and transparent.
• Add pepperoni and cook, stirring, for about 1 minute or until fragrant.
• Add mince and cook, stirring, until the meat is just coloured.
• Add paprika and caraway seeds and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Add flour, stir well and cook for 1 minute before removing saucepan from heat.
• Slowly stir in beef stock, scraping up any bits from the base of the saucepan.
• Add canned tomatoes (including their juice), red wine, and fresh, diced tomatoes.
• Return saucepan to heat and bring the soup to a boil.
• Reduce heat and add sauerkraut.
• Simmer gently, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes before serving.
• May be served with a dollop of sour cream, if desired, but it's a pity to dilute the strong taste of this soup.
• (This makes a fairly salty soup, so use reduced salt beef stock if this is an issue for you).

HUNGARIAN LECSO - PEPPER, SAUSAGE AND TOMATO STEW

Steps:

• METHOD: In a heavy, straight-sided sauté pan or a casserole (like a Dutch Oven), melt three generous tablespoons of delicious lard.
• Prepare all peppers, core, devein and cut into 4-6 long narrow wedges.
• Cut onions into ½ moon slices. Place onions and peppers into the lard on high heat. Stir-fry until it becomes like a stew, cooked, but still firm; only about 6-8 minutes - no longer, you want the integrity of the peppers to remain in tact and the bright colours to stay. Then, add all seasonings, stewed tomatoes and paste.
• Adding the Hungarian Sausage: Take 1 pair of Hungarian Kolbász (Sausage) and slice it on the "diagonal" - the visual effect is important. You can add the slices right into the pepper stew and let it stew together if it's not too dry. Other sausage variations like Debrecen are ideal, but the drier ones, like the Gyulai sausage are exceptionally delicious. Note: if the sausage is too dry - stew beforehand in ½ cup water in a shallow saucepan for 10-15 minutes before adding it to the peppers. (Add both stewing liquid and sausage to the peppers).
• Let simmer until all flavours are melded; about 4-6 minutes. Warning - when you are stirring, use a wooden slotted spoon so as not to break up the peppers - you are not going for baby food!
• Serving Suggestions: Serve with fluffy white jasmine rice and/or fresh Hungarian white bread. You can jazz it up or play it down. However you use, it you will find it to be very complimentary with a variety of your favourite dishes.