ZUCCHINI SOUP

Every time I try to make something with zucchini, my success is somewhat limited. The fact that I am not a fan might have some saying in this as well but to be honest, they don’t really go that well with pretty much anything. Well, sort of… they were delicious when used instead of noodles like I did in my only other zucchini recipe, but that was probably a one time idea since I am not a vegetarian. Still, I like to eat according to my mood as much as possible and every now and then I find myself craving for some of my childhood family dishes (don’t we all!).

My mom used to make a delicious zucchini soup back in the day and I often find myself trying to replicate some of her awesome dishes. There are few additions to the original recipe but nothing major though, adding celery stalks, sweet peppers and some paprika is something that I use in almost all my soups anyway. Also the soup is sour and if you know what is best for you, you will try to keep it this way.

In one of my previous posts I mentioned how to get your hands onto the most important ingredient required by the Romanian sour soups and though it is way different than the organic, home-made thing that my mom used to make, now is a pretty common replacement. However, if you cannot find any “Bors Magic” or you want to make the soup as close to organic as possible, you can always use lemon juice.

Hope you all have fun and enjoy this great recipe.

INGREDIENTS

• 3-5 zucchini, depending of how big they are
• 1 carrot, shredded
• 1 parsnip, shredded
• ½ green pepper
• ½ red pepper
• ½ celery root, finely shredded
• couple of celery stalks
• 1 small red onion
• 100 g sour cream
• 2 egg yolks
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• salt, pepper, paprika
• parsley
• 2-3 qt of water depending of how much soup you want to make and how thick
• 2-3 tsp Bors Magic

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Clean and chop all the veggies, piece size can be as big as you want but I like mine tiny so I shredded most of them except the peppers, zucchini and onions obviously..
2. Using two to three tablespoons of vegetable oil, saute onion along with sweet peppers, carrot, parsnip, celery root and those pieces of celery stalks for around 5 minutes. For this procedure you can use a pan of your choice or use the soup pot.
3. Add sauteed veggies to your soup pot and pour 2 to 3 qt of water (around 3 L), salt and pepper to taste and a bit of sweet paprika (a tablespoon at the most). Bring to a boil then reduce on medium heat for another 20- to 30 minutes or until the veggies are almost done.
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