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© Lena Staal

Meggyleves – Hungarian sour cherry soup

Recipe
Summer
Soup
Sweets

Sweet or savoury? It hardly matters — this traditional Hungarian summer soup is above all wonderfully delicious and refreshingly different, especially in this modern version.

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Ingredients: 4 servings

Ingredients
100 ml neutral vegetable oil
1 medium white onion, diced
1 fennel bulb, trimmed and diced
500 ml stock (or water)
500 ml sweet wine, ideally Tokaji
1 kg sour cherries, fresh (or frozen), pitted, with 20 reserved for garnish
1 handful freshly chopped dill
1 handful freshly chopped parsley
Salt
Sour cream, for garnish
Freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

Heat the oil in a large heavy-bottomed pot and sauté the onion and fennel until translucent.

Pour in the stock and wine, bring to a simmer, and reduce slightly for about 20 minutes.

Add most of the cherries, reserving around 20 for garnish, and simmer for another 10 minutes. Season generously with salt, remove from the heat, and allow to cool slightly.

Blend until smooth using a blender or immersion blender, then pass through a fine sieve. Chill for at least 4 hours.

Divide the soup between four chilled bowls. Garnish with the remaining cherries, a spoonful of sour cream, freshly ground black pepper, and the herbs. Serve immediately.

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