Polish Tomato Soup Food

POLISH TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• The stock can be made a day ahead if you wish.
• Place all stock ingredients into a stock pot and bring to a boil.
• Lower to a simmer and skim off and discard brown foam that floats to the top.
• Simmer stock for two hours.
• After two hours, remove pork with tongs and set aside to cool.
• Remove and discard three bay leaves.
• Use an immersion blender and puree what remains in the pot. There should be exactly two quarts of pureed liquid. If there is more, place it back in the pot and slowly cook down to two quarts being careful that it doesn't stick. If less than two quarts, make up the difference with water. Set aside for now.
• Pick meat off of the bones and discard bones, fat and connecting tissue. Break the meat up with your fingers into bite sized or larger pieces and set aside.
• In a 6-quart soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, add the olive oil and once hot, add the onions.
• Cook the onions for five minutes or so until completely tender. It is OK if they start to brown.
• Add the tomato paste and cook for three minutes stirring often so it doesn't stick.
• Add the stock and scrape any brown bits from the bottom. (If any sediment settled to the bottom of the stock container or pot, stop pouring before you get to it. I had a few peppercorns settle to the bottom which I discarded)
• Add the two cans of crushed tomatoes, dill fronds and cooked pork.
• Bring to a simmer and place a heat defuser under the pot and a splatter screen over the top and once simmering, cook 30 minutes. Try not to break up the pork too much.
• While the soup is cooking, cook the mini pasta and set aside.
• After 30 minutes, add in the sour cream and butter off heat and stir gently until they are melted into the soup.
• Serve with some of the pasta sprinkled over the top, or stirred in, and top with more sour cream and chopped dill fronds.

AUTHENTIC POLISH TOMATO SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Cook the broth if you don't have any. You can use this recipe.
• If you use fresh tomatoes, wash, peel and dice them. Place them in the pot and cook until soft.
• Peel and dice an onion, peel and mince garlic cloves. Fry them with a bit of oil until soft.
• Add boiled tomatoes, fried garlic, and onion to the broth. Cook for a while.
• Add uncooked rice and pasta to the soup and cook until soft. Alternatively, cook it separately and add to the soup afterward.
• Season with salt or pepper if necessary.

POLISH TOMATO SOUP (ZUPA POMIDOROWA)

Steps:

• Make the chicken broth: peel the carrots, parsley root, celeriac, and onion. Cut into large chunks. Add the vegetables, spices, and chicken pieces into a large pot. Add 8 cups of cold water. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, and simmer, partially covered, for 1 hour.
• Strain the broth, discard the vegetables (you can leave carrots if you like them, slice them and add to the soup), set the meat aside to cool. When the meat is cool enough to handle, you can take the meat off the bones and add it to your soup or leave it for other uses.
• Add the tomato puree to the broth. Bring the soup to a boil then take it off the heat.
• Temper the cream: Add both types of cream to a cup, add a tablespoon of hot soup to the cream, stir until combined, gradually add more soup to the cream, stirring thoroughly after each addition. You should add about 8 tablespoons of soup in total. If the sour cream is still lumpy you can process the mixture in a food processor or press it through a fine-mesh strainer.
• Add the tempered cream to the soup. You can now warm up the soup but don't boil it (the cream can split).
• Season the soup with salt and pepper. You can add more cream if you wish. You can add heavy cream directly to the soup but sour cream needs to be tempered first. If your soup came out too sour you can add a teaspoon (or to taste) of light brown sugar.
• Serve with cooked pasta or rice. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
• Enjoy!

POLISH TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a soup pot.
• Boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, partially covered, for 2 hours.
• Serve with kluski dumplings (posted seperately).

POLISH TOMATO SOUP - ZUPA POMIDOROWA

Steps:

• Place the tomatoes, onions, butter and 1 cup water in a sauce pan and cook until the vegetables are soft.
• Rub mixture through a sieve or food mill.
• Place in a soup pot, add broth and heat.
• Combine flour and 1/4 cup cold water, add to the soup.
• Add salt to taste and sugar and bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat, add sour cream and dill.
• Serve with cooked rice or croutons.