Czech Dill Soup Food

DILL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy soup pot over medium heat, and add the onion and leeks. Cook, stirring, until they begin to soften, about three minutes, and add 1/2 teaspoon salt, the carrot and the celery. Cook, stirring, for five minutes, and add the garlic. Stir together for about a minute, until fragrant, and add the potatoes, water, salt and the bouquet garni. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for one hour. Remove the bouquet garni.
• Puree the soup in an immersion blender, or blend 1 1/2 cups at a time in a blender, covering the top tightly with a towel to avoid splashes. If you want a smoother consistency, put the soup through a medium strainer.
• Stir together the yogurt, cornstarch and dill, and stir into the soup. Heat through. Add a generous amount of freshly ground pepper, taste and adjust salt. Serve hot, garnished with garlic croutons and small dill sprigs; or chill and serve cold, garnished with a dollop of yogurt, thinly sliced cucumbers and small dill sprigs.

DILLED CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute the cabbage, onion and celery in butter for 1 minute. Cover and cook on low for 10 minutes. Set aside 1/2 cup broth. Add potatoes and remaining broth to cabbage mixture. , Whisk flour and reserved broth until smooth; stir into cabbage mixture. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. , Stir a small amount of hot broth into sour cream; return all to pan, stirring constantly. Add dill and pepper; heat through (do not boil).

CROATIAN DILL SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté finely minced onion on 20 g butter until soft. Add flour and sauté it 2 minutes. Add water and make creamy liquid. Add the rest of the water making sure you don't have small flour clods.
• Mince the whole dill (including stem - but very finely) and put it into soup. Season with salt and pepper and cook it for about 30-40 minutes.
• In the meantime cut bread slices into small cubes and fry it on butter until dry and crispy. Put aside.
• When the soup is ready to serve add (in hot soup) sour cream mixed with yolk and lemon.
• If you want really full soup you can add egg-white mixing hard the moment you put it inches.
• Serve with bread cubes (put them in soup).

CREAMY DILL POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place potatoes, onion and celery in saucepan.
• Add water and season with salt and pepper.
• Partly cover and bring to boil.
• Cook 18 minutes over medium heat or according to size of potatoes.
• Potatoes should be fully cooked.
• Drain vegetables, but keep the liquid!
• You`ll need it
• Return the liquid to the saucepan.
• Cook over high heat reduce the liquid by 1/4 of original amount.
• While waiting for liquid to reduce preheat the milk.
• I recommend 55 to 130 seconds depending on microwave oven.
• Milk should be warm if dropped on the wrist.
• Remove saucepan from heat.
• Pour milk into saucepan, stirring constantly.
• Add cooked vegetables, nutmeg and dill.
• Pepper to taste.
• Cook 4 minutes over very low heat.
• Do not allow milk to boil at any time during aforementioned step.
• Sprinkle with chervil and Voila!

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN BEEF ROAST WITH DILL GRAVY

Steps:

• In a large pot.
• Add your water-beef roast-celery-carrots.
• Bring the pot to a boil.
• Then let it simmer for about 1 1/2 hours.
• This is just like you were making soup.
• If you want to skip this part. Just add instead of water 4-cans of beef broth. This is just the old fashion way of making beef broth.
• After 1 1/2 hours of cooking take the beef out of the pot.
• You should have about 2 1/2 cups of beef broth left in the pot.
• put in the dill and bring the pot to a boil.
• Then add the sour cream-sugar-white vinegar and mix very well.
• Then add the flour mix very well so there are no lumps.
• Then put the beef back in the pot and cook for about 1/2 hour. If the gravy is a little thin add little flour till it is thick the way you like it. After it is done taste the gravy you may like to add a little salt. You can put this over wide noodles-potatoes or I like bread dumplings. Tell me how you like it.