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.
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
- It can be made it also with sweet cherry
- 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.