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A unique sweet-and-savory soup from Latvia made with beer, eggs, and caraway seeds, served with creamy cheese croutons – a cozy, surprising dish your guests won't forget.
Ingredients
🥣 For the Beer Soup:
- 500 ml Beer
- 100 g Sugar
- 1 Egg
- Caraway seeds – to taste
🧀 For the Cheese Croutons:
- 500 g Farmer’s cheese or ricotta
- 50 g Butter
- 1 Egg
- 50 g Sour cream
- Caraway seeds – to taste
- 100 g White bread
Instructions
🥄 Step 1: Start with the Soup
- Pour half of the beer into a saucepan and bring it to a boil with some caraway seeds. While that’s heating, separate the egg yolk and whisk it with the sugar until light and fluffy. Slowly add the remaining cold beer to this egg mixture and whisk well.Now carefully pour the egg-and-beer mixture into the hot beer in the pot. The temperature will drop — that’s okay. Gently heat the soup again, but do not let it boil. Once it’s hot and smooth, the soup is ready.
🧀 Step 2: Let’s Make the Cheese Croutons
- These are something special — cheesy, buttery, and slightly spiced with caraway.Start by warming the cheese with melted butter in a saucepan. In a separate bowl, beat the egg with sour cream, a pinch of salt, and caraway seeds. Add this mixture gradually into the warm cheese, stirring constantly.Once the cheese mixture is thick and smooth, pour it into a buttered dish and chill until it firms up. When it's set, cut it into bite-sized cubes. These are your cheesy croutons — a perfect partner for the beer soup.
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