Croatian Flour Soup (“prezgana Juha”)

Name: Croatian Flour Soup (“prezgana Juha”)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 portions, 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon flour; 15 g lard (or oil); 4 g red paprika (dried); 5 g caraway seeds; salt; pepper; 1 egg white (optional); 1 liter water; 150 g bread (or 2-3 slices); 5 g lard

Submitted by nitko

"This is the simplest soup ever. I used to eat this soup during digestive problems as a diet soup. This is probably the soup prisoners used to eat, or soldiers, or just poor people. This is the recipe I use."

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Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 10
Yields:: 4 portions
Serves:: 4

ingredients

1 tablespoon flour
15 g lard (or oil)
4 g red paprika (dried)
5 g caraway seeds
salt
pepper
1 egg white (optional)
1 liter water
150 g bread (or 2-3 slices)
5 g lard

directions

Melt lard in a pot and put flour to fry. Wait until brownish, add paprika and water and make creamy liquid. Slowly add water mixing all the time.
Add caraway seeds, salt pepper and cook 30 minutes.
If you like you can put egg white into just before soup is done and mix well.
In the meantime cut bread slices into small cubes and fry it on lard until dry and crispy.
When serving, put bread in a plate with soup and eat it.