Bojti Halikraleves (Spawn Soup For Lent) Recipe

• 2 x Carrots
• 2 x Parsnips
• 2 med Onions
• 1 sm Celery knob
• 1 tsp Salt
• 2 x Bay leaves
• 5 x Peppercorns, black
• 1 Tbsp. Butter, unsalted
• 1 Tbsp. Flour, all-purpose
• 1 pch Paprika
• 1/2 lb Fish fillet, small pcs
• 1 x Fish head
• 1 lb Spawn (fish roe)
• 2 Tbsp. Vinegar, wine, white
• 1/4 c. Lowfat sour cream

1. Peel vegetables and cut into small pcs, and together with salt, bay leaves and peppercorns cook them in 2 quarts water until they are almost soft.
2. Make a roux with butter and flour, cook for only a few min, leaving it very light.
3. Add in paprika and whip 1/2 c. cool water into the roux.
4. Pour roux into the vegetable mix and bring again to a boil.
5. Reduce heat to a simmer.
6. Add in fish pcs and fish head, and simmer soup for 10 min.
7. Add in spawn and cook for another 5 min.
8. Pour in the vinegar; just before serving stir in the lowfat sour cream.
9. Adjust salt and vinegar to your taste.
10. Note: During Lent most Hungarians eat a lot of fish.
11. There are almost always little bits of fish meat, bones and heads left over and which's when this soup would be a good beginning for a Lenten meal.

carrots, onions, celery knob, salt, bay leaves, butter, flour, paprika, fillet, head, spawn, vinegar, sour cream

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/bojti-halikraleves-spawn-soup-for-lent-88812 (may not work)