Czech Dill Soup Recipes

DILL PICKLE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large stockpot over medium heat. Whisk in flour, and cook until the flour just begins to turn from white to a pale beige, 1 to 2 minutes. Whisk in chicken broth until thickened and smooth. Increase heat to medium high, add dill pickles, pickle juice, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, onion salt, dill weed, curry powder, white pepper, and bay leaves. Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 5 minutes, whisking frequently. Remove from heat and whisk in milk. Remove bay leaves before serving.

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN BEEF ROAST WITH DILL GRAVY

Steps:

• In a large pot.
• Add your water-beef roast-celery-carrots.
• Bring the pot to a boil.
• Then let it simmer for about 1 1/2 hours.
• This is just like you were making soup.
• If you want to skip this part. Just add instead of water 4-cans of beef broth. This is just the old fashion way of making beef broth.
• After 1 1/2 hours of cooking take the beef out of the pot.
• You should have about 2 1/2 cups of beef broth left in the pot.
• put in the dill and bring the pot to a boil.
• Then add the sour cream-sugar-white vinegar and mix very well.
• Then add the flour mix very well so there are no lumps.
• Then put the beef back in the pot and cook for about 1/2 hour. If the gravy is a little thin add little flour till it is thick the way you like it. After it is done taste the gravy you may like to add a little salt. You can put this over wide noodles-potatoes or I like bread dumplings. Tell me how you like it.

CZECH DILL SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Peel and dice potatoes; put in kettle with 8 cups water, 1/4 cup chopped celery, 1/4 cup chopped onion, 2 teaspoons chicken soup base and boil until potatoes are done. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• 2. Break eggs into bowl and mix a little, then pour slowly into soup and stir, bring to a boil. Add fresh dill or dill weed and bring back to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer, add cream. Note: I set the cream out when I start this so it warms a little before adding to the soup. Let heat about 10 minutes and serve. Do not let it boil as it will curdle.

KULAJDA - CZECH WHITE SOUP WITH MUSHROOMS, POTATOES AND DILL

Steps:

• I start with dried mushrooms. A mixture of forest mushrooms provides the best and very intensive taste. I put them into a saucepan with water, bring them to boil and cook them for 5 minutes until they are soft. I check the mushrooms if they are soft enough. When done, I take out the mushrooms and rinse them well with cold water. I don’t use the mushroom broth in this case as I want the soup to be really white. Now I put mushrooms, halved onion, bay leaves, black pepper, allspice, cumin, lovage, salt and 2 litres of water into a pot. I bring it to a boil and cook it for 15 minutes. In the meanwhile I mix flour, sour cream and a little bit of cold water and I pour this mixture through sieve into the soup. I have to whisk it and bring to a boil again. Then I add potatoes and cook them for another 10 minutes untill they are soft. I flavor the soup with vinegar, salt and I add also eggs. Sometimes I cook eggs like poached eggs (Crack the egg into a cup and then gently slide it into the soup.) and another time I just pour beaten eggs into the soup and mix them with fork. I put dill into the soup just before serving so the taste is really strong. Ready to serve.