North Croatian Creamy Vegetable Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Clean the green peas and put it into hot water for 5 minutes. Grate of slice carrot and sauté on butter; after a while, mince onion and sauté both on butter until onion is translucent.
• Add finely sliced pancetta and sauté not more than 5 minutes. Add flour and fry about 2 minutes, than add cold water and make creamy liquid (like sauce veloute).
• Cut green parts of spring onion, mince parsley and celery leaves and add into pot. Add green pea and about 1 liter of beef stock. Add salt and pepper.
• Cook until green peas are soft. When soft, remove green pea and blend it into puree (leave 1/6 of peas untouched). You can blend it with stick blender so you do not have to remove geen pea. Add thyme and cook 15 minutes.
• At the end add sour cream and minced chive. Serve with croutons.

Steps:

• Finely mince onion and sauté it on butter until translucent.
• In the meantime, cut and mince all vegetables into small pieces and put into sautéed onion.
• Add all beef stock, season with salt and pepper and cook 40 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
• Blend all vegetables with blender or stick blender into creamy liquid. Add thyme and nutmeg and cook 10-15 minutes.
• Add sour cream before serving. Serve hot with croutons.

Steps:

• Simmer potato in salted water until tender but firm.
• Drain and set aside, covered.
• Saute the onions and paprika in the oil, add the garlic and saute for a few minues more.
• Mix in the fennel, bay leaf, carrots, parsnips and celery, saute for 5 minutes, stirring.
• Sift the flour ino the vegetables and simmer on low heat for a few minutes, stirring.
• Add the salt, black pepper, vinegar and vegetable stock.
• Simmer for 10 minutes then stir in the potatoes and sauerkraut.
• Garnish each bowl with sour cream or chives, serve with black bread or marbled rye.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large kettle.
• Saute onion until transparent and add other vegetables, (except potatoes) and saute for just a few minutes (still tender crisp) Stir in broth, add potatoes and seasonings; Cook until evertything is tender, add cream and heat through.