Caraway Sour Cream Soup Recipes

RED CABBAGE, APPLE AND CARAWAY SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until golden, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add apples and sautéuntil tender, about 4 minutes. Add cabbage and sautéuntil beginning to soften, about 6 minutes. Add caraway seeds and stir 1 minute. Add broth, wine, vinegar and honey. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer 30 minutes. Uncover and simmer until cabbage is very tender, about 30 minutes longer. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 6 hours ahead. Refrigerate. Rewarm soup over medium heat before continuing.)
• Ladle soup into bowls. Top each bowl with dollop of sour cream. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

MUSHROOM-CARAWAY SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the caraway seeds and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring, until they begin to wilt, about 5 minutes. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Add the carrots and broth, cover and bring to a simmer. Uncover and cook until the carrots are tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, combine the onion, vinegar and a pinch of salt in a bowl and let marinate while the soup simmers. Toast the bread.
• Divide the soup among bowls and top with sour cream and the marinated onion. Serve with the toast.

HUNGARIAN GOULASH WITH CARAWAY AND SOUR CREAM

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crisp, then crumble and set aside.
• Add onions to skillet and brown on medium low in drippings.
• Stir in paprika and caraway seed.
• Cook for 10 to 15 seconds, stirring.
• Add meat.
• Stir to coat evenly withpaprika.
• Add 2 cups of the tomatoes, cover and simmer for 1 hour, until meat is almost tender.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Add potato and cook 25 minutes more, until potatoes and meat are both tender.
• Stir in reserved tomatoes and heat thru.
• Sprinkle with reserved bacon and serve with sour cream if desired.

MUSHROOM CARAWAY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large nonstick saucepan or Dutch oven, heat the oil. Saute the mushrooms and scallions until the mushroom liquid evaporates, about ten minutes. Stir in the broth, potatoes, wine, thyme, caraway seeds and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, partially covered, until the potatoes are tender, about twenty minutes. Transfer to a blender and remove the knob in the lid, puree. Return the soup to the saucepan; bring back through a boil. Remove from the heat and stir in the half-and-half. Serve immediately.