Recipe - Szerb Bableves (Serbian Bean Soup)

One half pound Beans, white, dry
3 pound Beef bones
2 Carrots; peeled, cut or sliced up
1 Parsnips; peeled
1 tablespoon Salt
1 Little Dumplings (recipe)
1 tablespoon Lard
1 small Onions
2 tablespoon Flour, allpurpose
3 Garlic cloves; chopped,
mashed
1 tablespoon Paprika, hot
1 cup Yogurt, plain
1 teaspoon Vinegar, white

Soak beans in 1 quart cold water the night before you plan to make soup.
Next day, drain beans and put aside.
Put 2 quarts water in a large soup pot and in it cook bones and
vegetables with salt over low heat for 2 hours. Strain and save liquid.
Put drained beans into the reserved liquid; add enough water to bring the
amount back to 2 quarts. Cook covered over low heat till beans are done.
Make little dumplings and put aside.
Melt the lard in a frying pan. Wilt onion in it, then mix in the flour
and cook over very low heat till the mixture is light brown.
Remove from heat and mix in mashed garlic and paprika. Whip in One half cup
cold water. Add to the almost ready bean soup and cook the soup over very
low heat for at least 10 minutes longer.
Note: this southern Hungarian dish probably appears in Serbian cookbooks
as a Serbian dish, where it is hopefully titled "Hungarian Bean Soup".
MM and upload by DonW1948@aol.com / CH

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