Turkish Bride Soup Recipes

TURKISH RED LENTIL 'BRIDE' SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan over low heat. Cook the onions in the hot butter until they are golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Stir the paprika, lentils, and bulgur into the onions and coat with the butter.
• Add the tomato paste, vegetable stock, and cayenne pepper; bring to a boil and cook until soft and creamy, about 1 hour.
• Crumble the dried mint leaves into the soup; stir the soup and remove from heat.
• Ladle into bowls and garnish with lemon slices and fresh mint to serve.

TURKISH BRIDE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat butter in large pot over low heat. Add onions and sauté until golden, about 10 minutes. Add paprika, lentils and bulgur and stir.
• Add stock, tomato paste and cayenne and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until lentils are tender and bulgur is creamy, about 40 minutes. Add a little more stock if soup gets too thick. Crumble dried mint leaves and stir into soup.
• Remove soup from heat, cover and set aside 10 minutes. Ladle soup into bowls, and garnish with lemon slices and fresh mint.

TURKISH BRIDE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in large pan on medium heat. Add onions, turn heat to medium-low and cook, stirring, 15 minutes, until golden.
• Stir in paprika. Add lentils and bulgur. Cook, 1 minute, stirring to coat.
• Stir in 10 cups broth, tomato paste and cayenne. Turn heat to medium-high and bring to boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 1 hour, partly covered, until bulgur is soft and creamy.
• Stir in mint. Remove from heat. Cover and let sit 10 minutes.
• Add some or all of remaining 2 cups broth to adjust to desired consistency. Add salt.
• Garnish with dollop of yogurt, lemon slice and mint leaf.

TURKISH WEDDING SOUP (DUGUN CORBASI)

Steps:

• Combine 2 to 2 1/2 pounds either lamb stew meat, neck slices, ribs or shoulder and water in a large kettle. Peel and cut onion into quarters; peel carrot and cut into several pieces. Add to kettle along with salt. Simmer over very low heat for 3 to 4 hours, or until meat falls from the bones. Skim soup frequently. Let cool until fat hardens and skim off all fat. Strain the broth.
• Cut the meat from bones and trim off all fat. Cut meat into 1/2 inch cubes. Discard bones and onion and carrot. Melt butter in a large kettle; stir in flour and brown lightly. Stir in the broth and cook, stirring constantly, until soup thickens slightly.
• Beat egg yolks and lemon juice together. Spoon in a half cup or so of hot soup, mix well and then stir into soup. Add meat cubes and heat just until soup is ready to simmer; do not allow to boil.
• Meanwhile, for garnish, cream together butter and paprika; add a dash of cayenne. Spoon soup into cups or soup plates. Top with creamed butter and paprika. Serve at once. Or chill until very cold and serve cold. Makes 8 to 10 servings for opening course, about 6 whole meal servings. Serve with crisp bread sticks or flat Armenian or Turkish bread, if available.
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