Hungarian Sour cherry soup – Meggyleves recipe

Hungarian Sour Cherry soup aka Meggyleves recipe is one of the dishes that can be served hot or cold. When you serve it hot, it’s a delicious sweet soup that can warm you up. When it’s served cold, it’s a chill sour cherry dessert.

I remember growing up with his soup. My grandmother used to make this for me. The original recipe doesn’t use vanilla pudding. They used just simply flour to thicken the soup. As a chef, my mom made a little twist and added vanilla pudding to the soup instead of just flour. And it was a hit! From there on, she made it just with that.

The Secret Ingredients

• Sour cherry (or sweet cherry) I know how hard you can find the sour cherry in the US. At least, this is my experience… But don’t panic, sweet cherry is absolutely delicious too.
• White sugar
• Cinnamon stick
• Allspice and ground cloves
• Vanilla Pudding
• one cup of milk

Let’s make the Hungarian Meggyleves recipe

1. Add the sour cherry to a pan with water. Approximately 8-10 cups of water. You can add less or more, depending on how much you want. Add sugar, cinnamon sticks, allspice, and ground cloves. Put it on MEDIUM and leave it for 20-25 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, start making the vanilla pudding with the milk. See the instruction on the vanilla pudding packet.
3. After 20-25 minutes start adding some liquid from the soup to the vanilla pudding and mix it slowly.
4. Add the vanilla pudding liquid to the soup and mix it well. Let the soup boil for the last time.

You can serve it hot as soup or cold as a dessert.

Other Hungarian Soup recipes you may like

1. Hungarian Caraway Soup
2. Hungarian Chicken Soup
3. Hungarian Cabbage Soup

Hungarian Sour Cherry Soup – Meggyleves recipe

Hungarian Sour Cherry soup aka Meggyleves recipe is one of the dishes that can be served hot or cold. When you serve it hot, it's a delicious sweet soup that can warm you up. When it's served cold, it's a chill sour cherry dessert.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Dessert, Soup

Cuisine Hungarian Cuisine

Servings 4 people

Calories 77 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 2 lbs sour cherry or sweet cherry
• ½ cup white sugar
• 2 stick cinnamon
• 1 tbsp allspice
• pinch of ground cloves
• 1 cup whole milk
• 3.4 oz vanilla pudding

Instructions

 

• Add the sour cherry to a pan with water. Approximately 8-10 cups of water. You can add less or more, depending on how much you want. Add sugar, cinnamon sticks, allspice, and ground cloves. Put it on MEDIUM and leave it for 20-25 minutes.
  
• Meanwhile, start making the vanilla pudding with the milk. See the instruction on the vanilla pudding packet.
  
• After 20-25 minutes start adding some liquid from the soup to the vanilla pudding and mix it slowly.
  
• Add the vanilla pudding liquid to the soup and mix it well. Let the soup boil for the last time.
  
• You can serve it hot as soup or cold as a dessert.

Notes

1. It can be made it also with sweet cherry 
2. The substitute for vanilla pudding is simply all-purpose flour. In the same way, mix it with a little milk until you get a nice liquid consistency. Make sure you add an extra 1/2 cup of sugar.

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