Roux Soup (Ajnpren Supa)
Ingredients
- ½ cup Oil
- 1/3 cup all-purpose Flour
- 2 teaspoons Paprika
- Cayenne pepper to taste (optional)
- 4 cups Water (can be substituted with vegetable stock but omit next ingredient!)
- 3 teaspoons Vegeta* (substitute with 2 vegetable bouillon cubes)
- ½ teaspoon Caraway seeds (optional)
- Salt and Pepper to taste
To serve: Croutons and Sour Cream
*Vegeta – a Croatian condiment (much like bouillon in powder form) which is a mixture of spices and various dry vegetables. We like to season everything with Vegeta and use it instead of salt.
Directions
Heat the oil in a medium-size pot.
Stir in the flour. With a wooden spoon or a whisk continue to stir flour over
low heat until flour is golden in color. Do not burn it! Mix in paprika,
cayenne pepper, and caraway seeds, if using. Slowly add water or broth
continuing to stir as it thickens. Season the soup with Vegeta or bouillon if
you’re cooking with water. Simmer the soup, stirring frequently, for 15-20
minutes. Season it with salt and pepper to taste.
Serve soup in bowls topped with
croutons (preferably homemade) and sour cream if you’d like.
It is very easy to make homemade
croutons: Cut up bread (artisan and alike) into 1-inch pieces. Toss lightly
with olive oil and brown in a large pan, turning them over once or twice, until
crisp. For more flavor use garlic-infused olive oil.
The croutons and sour cream lift
this soup from “poor man’s” level to fancy.
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