Well, it would, if only we actually had a fall season here. It's still very much summer outside, with today's forecast hitting around 90. The A/C is on, flip-flops are the footwear of preference, and it's too warm to think about running the oven or standing over the stove for a long time.
And yet, my family is still a bunch of soup lovers. We have chicken soup each and every Friday night of the year. One daughter even enters the house on a regular basis with the delightful greeting, "Did you make soup? Oh, no? (insert sad and pensive face here)... Maybe I'll make some myself (put upon look)." Oh, my poor sweetie, I was too busy eating bon-bons and polishing my toenails, while the elves were busy taking care of the housework and running my business. But I digress...
Orange Soup
Ingredients:
2 onions
1 head garlic (If you are fresh garlic-phobic, you can add in a few frozen cubes instead)
4 carrots
2 zucchini
2 sweet potatoes
small chunk pumpkin (optional)
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon beef soup powder (optional)
several shakes cumin
Directions:
Peel and chop onions, carrots, zucchini, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin. Peel cloves of garlic. Place all ingredients into stockpot, and add water to cover.
That's it, all the hard work is done! |
To add knaidlach:
NOTE - these are not the matzah balls we add to the Friday night chicken soup. Those are delicate things of beauty, with a carefully combined batter that gets a rest in the refrigerator to let the matzah meal absorb the other ingredients. It is then gently rolled into balls and dropped into a pot of boiling water flavored with salt and chicken boullion, and cooked until perfectly round, light, and fluffy. These are not them. These are rustic knaidlach, a little chewier and heartier, quickly mixed and dropped into the simmering soup by teeny tiny spoonful.
Mix together
1 egg
1/4 cup matzah meal
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Drop into simmering soup by teaspoonful, and cook about 10 minutes. Enjoy!
Now that you can make your soup and eat it too, check out the other Root Vegetable recipes on the Kosher Connection this month. And leave a comment to tell us what you thought!
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