Sour cherry soup

Sour cherry soup
Sour cherry soup

Sour cherry soup is a slightly sweet soup made with sour cream, sugar, and whole fresh sour cherries, and served chilled. This soup is a summer delicacy in several European cuisines. The dish has been adopted by the Austrians, Poles, Slovaks, and Germans. Hungarian-Americans and Hungarian-Canadians brought the soup to the New World.[1]

In the Hungarian cuisine, Sour Cherry Soup[1] or hideg meggyleves is a soup made from the fruits of the sour cherry tree (Prunus cerasus), and not from sweet cherries. The name is formed from hideg meaning 'cold', meggy meaning 'sour-cherries' / morellos, and leves meaning 'soup'. It is traditionally served as a dinner course, usually as either the appetizer, soup, or dessert, on warm summer nights or hot summer luncheons. The soup is cooked with whole sour cherries, including the pits. Sour cherry trees are numerous in Hungary, and the soup is a good example of the quintessentially Hungarian fusion of Eastern/Asian influences and traditional Continental European cuisine. It is customary that the soup contain fresh sour cherries, fresh cream, and sometimes cloves and cinnamon. Canned regular cherries are sometimes added, and sour cream is often substituted for fresh cream. A small amount of sweet white or dry red wine is also sometimes added before serving. Packets of dried meggyleves powder are also sold in Hungary.

References

  1. ^ a b June Meyers Authentic Hungarian Heirloom Recipes Cookbook
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