Ukrainian tomato soup is more fulfilling than the traditional italian recipe. As the climate is more challenging up north, it is based on a chicken broth but it is also very tasty if you use ribs.
Ingredients:
- 2 quarts of water
- 1 pound of ribs or chicken
- 3 carrots
- 2 parsnip
- 2 celery stems
- 1 small onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 tbs of parsley (chopped)
- 3 bay leaves
- few whole allspice (3-5)
- salt
- black pepper
- 2 cans of crushed tomatoes/tomato sauce or 4 fresh tomatoes (add in the end of cooking)
- italian seasoning
- 4 tbs of sour cream or plain yogurt
1. In a large pot add water, ribs, whole spice and bay leaves, put i on medium to high heat.
2. In a meantime peel carrots and parsnips and cut them as well as celery, onion and garlic in regular pieces – the flavor is much richer if you cut the vegetables instead of putting them in the soup in one pice. More vegetables you use, the better the taste is. If you don’t have all the ingredients you can make a simpler version of this tomato soup by using vegetable base or chicken broth instead.
3. Bring the soup o boil and then lower the heat and let it simmer for about 45 minutes.
4. In the end add salt (about 2 tbs) pepper and italian seasoning.
5. Take the meat out and let it cool down, separate it from bones and put it back in the soup.
6. Add crushed tomatoes or tomato sauce.
7. Blend everything together. Add sour cream.
Serve hot soup with noodles.
Other variations of Ukrainian tomato soup recipe has rice in it. I have always been curious why Ukrainian recipes have rice when it is such a northern Country. Maybe because of trade via the Black sea to Ukraine.
Anyway let me know if you have any other Ukrainian tomato soup recipes.
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