Recipe for a rich, hearty goulash soup with beef and vegetables.
Course Main course
Cuisine Hungarian
Nøgleord autumn food, Slow-cooked, Soup
Total Time 2 hourshours30 minutesminutes
Servings 4Servings
Calories 526kcal
Ingredients
600gbeef chuck or shoulder (braising steak), diced
50g
butter
1
onion, roughly chopped
3cloves
garlic, grated or crushed
2
red peppers, diced
2 1/2tbsp
sweet paprika
1/2tsphot paprika
1/2tspsmoked paprika
1/2tsp
ground cumin
3tbsp
tomato purée
2tbspplain flour
800mlbeef stock
1tin
chopped tomatoes
1bay leaf
600gpotatoes, diced
300g
carrots, sliced
1handfulparsley, finely chopped
Olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper
To serve
Crème fraîche and chopped parsley
Instructions
Heat a little oil in a large pot and brown the meat well all over. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
Add the butter and let it melt, then fry the onion, garlic and half the peppers until the onion is translucent. (Keep the remaining peppers for later.)
Add the spices and tomato purée and fry for a couple of minutes, then sprinkle over the flour and stir it in.
Add the stock, chopped tomatoes and bay leaf, cover with a lid and let it simmer for about 1 1/2 hours.
Add the potatoes, carrots and the remaining peppers and simmer for a further 30 minutes, or until the meat and vegetables are tender.
Stir the parsley into the soup and season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper.
Serve the soup with crème fraîche and chopped parsley.