{"id":3338,"date":"2012-01-15T18:05:53","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T00:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/?p=3338"},"modified":"2016-02-20T18:12:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T00:12:04","slug":"warm-soups-for-chilly-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/warm-soups-for-chilly-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Warm soups for chilly days"},"content":{"rendered":"

DILL PICKLE SOUP<\/strong>
\nRaugint\u0173 agurk\u0173 sriuba<\/em><\/p>\n

4 large dill pickles, diced or thinly sliced
\n2 Tbsps. flour
\n2 Tbsps. oil
\n3 cups beef broth
\n2\/3 cup liquid from pickles
\n2\u00bd cups diced boiled potatoes (optional)
\n1 cup sour cream
\nCoat pickles with flour. Stir-fry pick-les in oil over medium heat for about 3 minutes. Add pickles and liquid and potatoes to beef stock. Cook over medium heat about 15 minutes. Add a dollop of sour cream to each bowl just before serving. (Note: This is an unusual soup for your ethnic repertoire.)<\/p>\n

CABBAGE SOUP<\/strong>
\nKop\u016bst\u0173 sriuba<\/em><\/p>\n

1 pound soup bones (pork)
\n2 onions, chopped
\n2 stalks celery, chopped
\n1 head fresh cabbage, coarsely chopped
\n4-5 carrots, sliced
\n1 (28-ounce) can stewed tomatoes
\n\u00bd cup tomato ketchup
\nSalt and pepper to taste
\nIn a large stock pot or Dutch oven saut\u00e9 onions, add celery and soup bones. Fill pot with water; simmer 1 hour. Add remaining ingredients and cook until cabbage is tender. Adjust spices to your taste. Serve with boiled potatoes and a dollop of sour cream. (Please note: Use apple juice instead of water or add a small jar of sauerkraut for a delicious variation.)<\/p>\n

VEGETABLE SOUP WITH MILK<\/strong>
\nPieni\u0161ka dar\u017eovi\u0173 sriuba<\/em>
\n2 Tbsps. oil
\n1 pound carrots, peeled and grated
\n1 pound potatoes, peeled and cubed
\n1 onion, chopped
\n1 celery stalk, chopped
\n4 cups chicken broth
\n2 Tbsps. fresh parsley, chopped
\n2 cups milk
\nSaut\u00e9 onions in oil in a Dutch oven or stock pot until tender; add remaining ingredients, except milk and parsley. Bring to a boil, reduce heat; cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add milk and parsley; heat 5 more minutes. Remove from heat and serve.<\/p>\n

MUSHROOM-BARLEY SOUP<\/strong>
\nKruop\u0173 sriuba su grybais<\/em><\/p>\n

1 pound fresh mushrooms, cleaned
\n2 Tbsps. butter
\n1 cup onion, minced
\n1 clove garlic, minced
\n2 (10-ounce) cans condensed beef broth
\n5 cans water
\n3 Tbsps. tomato paste
\n\u00bd tsp. salt
\n1 bay leaf
\n\u00bd cup barley
\n\u00bc cup chopped parsley
\n1\u00bd cups celery with leaves, sliced
\n1\u00bd cups carrots, sliced
\n4 Tbsps. dry sherry
\n2 cups sour cream
\nPepper to taste
\nChop \u00bd pound mushrooms and slice remaining \u00bd pound; set aside. In large saucepan, melt butter; add chopped mushrooms, onion and garlic; saut\u00e9 5 minutes. Stir in broth and water, tomato paste, salt, pepper and bay leaf. Heat to boiling. Stir in barley. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Add parsley, celery and carrots; cook, covered another 30 minutes until vegetables are Warm soups for chilly days tender. In a medium skillet, heat 2 table spoons of oil; add sliced mushrooms, saut\u00e9 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and sherry to soup and serve with a dollop of sour cream.<\/p>\n

SPINACH SOUP<\/strong>
\n\u017epinat\u0173 sriuba<\/em>
\n2 cans beef broth
\n2 cans water
\n2 Tbsps. onion, dried or fresh, chopped
\nPinch pepper
\n1 tsp. sugar
\n1 package frozen chopped spinach
\nor 4 cups chopped fresh spinach leaves
\n2 hard-boiled eggs, diced
\nHeat ingredients together in a stock pot, adding diced eggs last. Serve with a dollop of sour cream in each bowl. (Note: Even if you have nothing good to say about spinach, you will find that this soup is delicious.)<\/p>\n

CARROT SOUP<\/strong>
\nMork\u0173 sriuba<\/em><\/p>\n

1 cup carrots, grated
\n3 Tbsps. onion, grated
\n3 Tbsps. butter or oil
\n3 Tbsps. flour
\n3 cups milk
\nSalt and lemon juice to taste
\nSaut\u00e9 the carrots and onion in butter in a heavy covered saucepan for 5-8 minutes, adding a few tablespoons of boiling water if necessary. When the carrots are soft, sprinkle with flour, and continue cooking for 2 minutes. Add 1 cup milk, stirring constantly. When the mixture thickens, remove from heat and puree in a blender. Return the mixture to the pot, add remaining milk and heat well. Season with salt and lemon juice. Serve with toast. (Please note: For a snap- pier version of this soup, substitute chick- en broth for milk, use 1 whole onion, chopped, and 2 cups grated carrots. Sea- son with ginger and orange peel.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DILL PICKLE SOUP Raugint\u0173 agurk\u0173 sriuba 4 large dill pickles, diced or thinly sliced 2 Tbsps. flour 2 Tbsps. oil 3 cups beef broth 2\/3 cup liquid from pickles 2\u00bd cups diced boiled potatoes (optional) 1 cup sour cream Coat pickles with flour. Stir-fry pick-les in oil over medium heat for about 3 minutes. Add …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[78,137],"class_list":["post-3338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-food-cooking","tag-lith-heritage","tag-siliunas-d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}