Recipe - Ciorba Teraneasca (Rumanian Cabbage Soup With Bacon)

8 ounce Sliced bacon
2 Onions, cut or sliced up
2 Green peppers, hulled and
chopped
1 Cabbage, cut into slices
Salt and pepper
Several sprigs of dill and
savory, chopped
1 One half qt Water
2 Egg yolks
One half cup Heavy cream (sweet or sour)
1 tablespoon Vinegar

Your will need a large soup pot. Chop up one slice of bacon, and fry it in
a heavy stewpan until the fat runs. Fry the onions in the fat until they
are golden. Add the peppers and fry them, too. Remove the stewpan from
the heat. Layer the cabbage and the rest of the bacon into the soup pot.
Season between the layers with salt, pepper, and the herbs.

Pour the water over it all and bring to a boil. Turn the heat down and
simmer the soup for 40 to 50 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.
Remove the soup from the heat.

Beat the egg yolks with the cream and the vinegar in a little bowl. Stir in
a ladleful of the hot soup. Whisk well and pour the mixture back into the
soup to thicken and enrich it.

Serve in deep bowls accompanied with fresh bread. This soup is a meal in
itself, and wants only a piece of cheese and fresh fruit to make it
complete.

Serves 6. Time: 20 minutes plus 50 minutes cooking

From: THE OLD WORLD KITCHEN THE RICH TRADITION OF EUROPEAN PEASANT
COOKING by Elisabeth Luard, ISBN 0553052195 Posted by: Karin Brewer,
Cooking Echo, 7/92

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