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The bread soup by Gerhard Wieser

The bread soup by Gerhard Wieser
© Lena Staal / Staal & Johs

Bread soup with South Tyrolean bacon

Main Dish
Kochbuch
Südtirol
Italienische Küche
Soup
Baking

Top chef Gerhard Wieser presents: The "bread soup with South Tyrolean bacon".

Gerhard Wieser

Preparation time: 40 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Creative Concept: Florence Wibowo

Ingredients (4 servings)
150 g white onion, peeled
1 tablespoon(s) Butter
1/2 Garlic clove
80 g South Tyrolean speck, cut into strips
30 g Carrots, peeled
30 g Celery stalk
30 g Leek, cleaned
800 ml Beef soup
1 Bay leaf
1 twig(s) Lovage
1 pinch Caraway seeds, crushed
1 pinch Coriander seeds, crushed
Salt
Pepper, black
160 g Vinschger Paarlbrot, from the day before
1 tablespoon(s) Finely chopped chives, crispy fried onion rings
4 slice(s) Speck Alto Adige, cut into fine strips

Preparation:

  • Halve the onion and cut into strips. Fry in butter until nicely browned; add the garlic and bacon strips and sweat. Cut the carrots, celery and leek into strips and sauté for 5 minutes. Add the herbs and spices and pour in the beef stock.
  • Simmer gently for just under 20 minutes and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  • Tear the Vinschger bread into small pieces and fry in butter with the bacon until crispy.

Sideboards
Serve the soup with the bread, bacon, onion rings and fresh chives.

Tip:

The Falstaff wine recommendation

Alois Lageder
2018 Krafuss Pinot Noir
Vineyard Dolomites IGT (92 Falstaff points)

Brilliant bright ruby. Discreetly spicy on the nose, fresh cherries, with slightly green-spicy tones, slightly peppery, ripe raspberries on the finish.
aloislageder.eu


Recipe from the Falstaff cookbook "The best recipes in Italy".

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