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Nettle and Goutweed Soup. Nõgese- ja naadisupp

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Weed Soup. Nõgesesupp

The World is strange. Estonian woman squishing snails with rainboots heels , but only few hundred kilometers to the south there’s another woman preparing an appetizing dish out of those same snails. Gardeners all over the world are cussing those pesky creatures but the Estonian woman would simply pluck the weeds and….would use the outcome to cook a delicious meal

I am not going to talk about the benefits of nettles, wood sorrel, dandelion leaves and goutweed. You can read this from Wikipedia:) But believe me, they are healthy. The first  source of vitamins in spring.

Goutweed tastes like carrots and celery. Nettles are a  bit sweet. Dandelion tastes like honey,. And wood sorrel is sour.
Nettles need to be kept in the boiling water 1-2 minutes. Goutweed and wood sorrel are eatable when fresh.

NB! Use only young, fresh, new, small weeds, grown in a pure and clean environment.

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Estonian Pea Soup. Hernesupp

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Traditional Pea Soup. Hernesupp

Vastlapäev, known as Shrove Tuesday in much of the English-speaking world, the Estonians celebrate this day a little differently.

Instead of pancakes, we eat split pea soup and the delicious Vastlakukkel cream cake.
Traditionally children will sled down any available hill of snow, to get “long linens”.  And not only children. Tomorrow, after meeting I am going with my colleges  to sled, as well.
And later we have pea soup and Vastlakukkel!
Today, of course nobody care about linen, this is just for fun:)

The name Vastlapaev is taken from the German word “fasten” (to fast). And after Vastlapäev started fast, because meat was ran out.

Traditional pea soup takes time, so this is reasonable to cook more soup and leftovers freeze or store in clean airtight jar.

Traditional Estonian Pea Soup. Hernesupp

  • Servings: 4-6
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Traditional Estonian Pea Soup takes time, but it is worth it

Ingredients

  • 500 g pork, best is (smoked) leg or ribs or pork belly
  • 0,5 glass of pearl barley
  • 400 g dried yellow peas
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 2 carrots, sliced
  • for seasoning salt, mustard, pepper, garlic


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Sauerkraut Soup. Hapukapsasupp

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Sauerkraut Soup. Hapukapsasupp

Soup from Sauerkraut, fermented cabbage, is very easy to cook.

How to make Sauerkraut, look at this recipe

Sauerkraut Soup

  • Servings: 4-6
  • Difficulty: easy
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Sauerkraut sour and salty soup is warming winter-time dish, which needs time to get best result

Ingredients

  • ca 500 g streaky and fat pork with bones
  • 500 g sauerkraut
  • 1/2 cup barley groats
  • 3 litre cold water
  • 1 grated carrot and onion, if you cabbage is not contains carrot
  • salt, pepper, bay leaf,sugar, mustard, caraway seeds and vodka

Directions

  1. Put meat, cabbage and barley in to cold water, and let to boil
  2. Remove foam
  3. Add salt, pepper, bay leaf and let soup simmer while all ingredients ready (min 1 hour)
  4. Add grated carrot and onion.
  5. Season and let soup simmer, while all flavours are felt. As much time you have to let soup simmer, as best result you get.

    6. Serve with sour- cream. Head isu!

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Vegetable Soup. Village Soup. Külasupp.

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Vegetable Soup. Village Soup. Külasupp

This is easy and delicious vegetable soup.

Vegetable Soup. Village Soup. Külasupp.

  • Servings: 4-6
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A tasty vegetable soup, easy to cook

Ingredients

  • ca 0,5 glass groats. If using natural groats, let them at least 1 hour to swell
  • 1 onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 2 potatoes
  • 1 turnip
  • smoked ribs or ham
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • salt, pepper, bay leaf
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Turnip Soup

Turnip Soup

  • Servings: 4-6
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I know about Turnip two things.
The First is famous Russian Fairy Tale. And the second, before potato arrived from America, ancient Estonians ate turnips.
Turnip in estonian ” Naeris”. And ” Naeris” means, “laughed”, as well. So, “Naeris naeris”- means “Turnip laughed” 🙂

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Turnip Soup

Ingredients

  • onion
  • 2 carrots
  • ca 50 g butter
  • 2 potato
  • 2 turnips
  • 2 apple
  • for seasoning mustard, sour cream and salt, pepper

Directions


1. Chop vegetables
2. Turn on the Kettle
3. Melt in the pot butter and add onion and carrot
4. Pour in boiling water
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Meat Ball Soup. Frikadellisupp

Meat Ball Soup. Frikadellisupp.

  • Servings: 4-6
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Meat Ball Soup. Frikadellisupp

Ingredients


For Frikadellid (36 pcs)
– 400 g minced meat
– 1 clove garlic
– 1 egg
– 100 ml cold water
– 2 tablespoon grated bread or slice a bread
– salt, pepper

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– 1 potato per eater
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Chicken Soup with Dumplings

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Chicken Soup with Dumplings

  • Servings: 4-6
  • Difficulty: easy
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This is weekend soup, because needs more time for perfect broth

Chicken Soup with Dumplings

Ingredients

    Broth
  • bony chicken is  better, ca 600 g
  • salt, pepper, laurel

    • For Soup

  • per eater 1 potato
  • 1/2 carrot per eater
  • 1 onion

    • For Dumplings

  • 1 egg
  • 250 ml flour
  • 50 ml broth
  • 1 tablespoon soft butter
    • (salt)

Directions


1. Place the chicken in a large pot. Pour cold water over the bones
2. Bring the broth to a boil
3. Remove the impurities that float to the surface. A frothy/foamy layer will form and it
can be easily scooped off with a big spoon. Throw this part away.
4. Add  salt, pepper, spices
5. Reduce to a simmer and simmer until done
6. Boil min 30 minute, while chicken is ready. Ideal would be 1 hour.
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Borsch. A Simpler Version

Law nr.1 If in the menu Borsch, You are wearing usually something White 🙂

Beetroot has been used in Estonian cuisine already since the 17th–18th century. A lot of beetroot dishes have reached us through Slavic cuisine, so dishes like Russian beetroot and potato salad, Borscht and cold beetroot soups were known already in the Baltic German cuisine. From then on, beetroot dishes were included among the foods of the pre-war Republic of Estonia.

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