Spilt pea soup
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Spilt pea soup

Spilt pea soup is one of my favourite soups. It is full of aroma, warming and satisfies hunger fantastically. Without a doubt, this is an iconic soup that I remember well from my childhood. My father used to cook it back home, he was proud of the fact that he learned how to make it…

Polish tomato soup with pasta

Polish tomato soup with pasta

Tomato soup is a traditional soup of Polish cuisine. It can be served with rice, noodles, croutons, dumplings or puff pastry peas, and these are just some of the many possibilities. The basis of every tomato soup are tomatoes, which can be fresh, canned or in the form of a concentrate. My favourite type of…

Butter bean soup

Butter bean soup

Butter bean soup is one of those traditional soups that my mother often made at home. The basis of the bean soup are dry beans, which are soaked in water for several hours before cooking to help them cook faster. Root vegetables such as celery, carrots and parsnip are added to the beans. This soup…

Miso soup with tofu
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Miso soup with tofu

Miso soup is a traditional Japanese soup that, depending on the version, may contain various additions. The miso soup can include vegetables, tofu, shrimp and fish. Today I have a vegetarian miso soup recipe for you, so you will not find dashi stock or fish in this recipe. The basis of my miso soup is…

Goulash soup
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Goulash soup

I have rediscovered goulash soup since I live in Hungary. Hungarian goulash soup is made with beef, root vegetables and paprika. It is the ground paprika that gives the goulash soup a beautiful, slightly red colour, and of course the more paprika, the more intense the colour. The goulash soup recipe below is based on…

Chicken broth
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Chicken broth

I think I will not surprise anyone if I say that the an obligatory dish of a Sunday dinner at my parents’ house is chicken broth. It seems to me that it is quite similar in most Polish homes 🙂 Where I live, I do not continue this tradition and I cook the broth a…

Easter sour rye soup
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Easter sour rye soup

Å»urek is a very popular soup in Poland, which is made with a stock of meat (ribs, smoked meat), vegetables and sour rye soup leaven. The leaven should be prepared with rye flour a few days before cooking the soup, because its base, i.e. rye flour and water, must ferment for some time. You can…