Krompir Juha Croatian Potato Soup Food

KROMPIR JUHA - CROATIAN POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan fry the onion in the oil over medium heat until golden.
• Add the paprika and saute for 1 minute, then remove from heat.
• Add the potato water, the cooked potato and bring to the boil.
• Stir in the risoni and reduce to a simmer. Season with Vegeta and add the tomato paste and allow to cook until the risoni is done.
• 5.Serve with crusty bread, chopped parsley and lots of cracked black pepper.

CROATIAN ZAGORJE POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt lard in a pot and add flour. Fry until become brownish and add paprika.
• Pour cold water and make it creamy. Make soup removing eventual small flour clods.
• Cut potato into small cubes and add into soup.
• Chop mushrooms into leaves and add into soup.
• Cut dried smoked pork ribs into small pieces and add into soup. You can also use smoked bacon if you do not have pork ribs.
• Add bay leaf and season the soup.
• Cook for 1,5 to 2 hours. When potato become soft just squash it a bit to make it more creamy.
• At the end, before serving, add sour cream and dill.

CROATIAN POTATO "RESTANI KRUMPIR"

Steps:

• Do not peel potato, just wash the dirt and put it in cold water and cook until soft (about 1 hour).
• In the meantime sauté sliced onion until soft or almost brownish. Peel cooked potato (carefully because it is hot) and slice it.
• Add salt and into onion and lard and fry it just until potato starts to hold of the pot (up to 5 min). Serve hot.

CROATIAN FLOUR SOUP ("PREZGANA JUHA")

Steps:

• Melt lard in a pot and put flour to fry. Wait until brownish, add paprika and water and make creamy liquid. Slowly add water mixing all the time.
• Add caraway seeds, salt pepper and cook 30 minutes.
• If you like you can put egg white into just before soup is done and mix well.
• In the meantime cut bread slices into small cubes and fry it on lard until dry and crispy.
• When serving, put bread in a plate with soup and eat it.