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Hungarian-style mushroom paprika soup combines browned mushrooms with sweet paprika, sour cream and dill. Paprika gives colour and warmth, while lemon balances the rich base. The sour cream should finish smoothly rather than form grainy flecks.
🥗 Vegetarian
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Follow the measured ingredients, numbered method, substitutions, safety notes and cooking mode below.
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Standard Yield4 servings
Professional Chef Notes
Use sweet Hungarian paprika and keep the smoked paprika as the smaller accent listed. Slice mushrooms evenly. Plain flour thickens the base, while sour cream supplies tang as well as richness.
Brown mushrooms and soften onion before briefly cooking paprika over controlled heat. Add flour and stock in the stated sequence and simmer properly. Temper or incorporate sour cream gently, then finish dill and lemon.
Bitter paprika likely scorched. A floury taste needs more cooking before dairy is added. If sour cream splits, the soup may have boiled too hard after enrichment.
About This Recipe
Hungarian-style mushroom paprika soup combines browned mushrooms with sweet paprika, sour cream and dill. Paprika gives colour and warmth, while lemon balances the rich base. The sour cream should finish smoothly rather than form grainy flecks.
Before You Start
1. Read firstRead every step once before switching on the cooker.
2. MeasureWeigh and prepare all ingredients in the order listed.
3. Control heatLow means a gentle bubble, medium cooks steadily, and high is for quick browning.
4. Check donenessUse the texture, timing and safe-temperature checks written in the method.
Equipment
- ✓ Soup saucepan
- ✓ Knife and board
- ✓ Ladle
Ingredients
Easy Step-by-Step Method
Complete one numbered step before moving to the next. Keep the heat and timing exactly as written.
- Preparation: Brown mushrooms in two batches in butter, reserving the best slices for garnish.
- Flavour base: Soften onion, add both paprikas for 20 seconds only, then immediately stir in flour.
- Main cook: Whisk in stock gradually and return mushrooms, scraping all browned flavour into broth.
- Simmer and check: Simmer 15 minutes until mushrooms are tender and the broth lightly thickened.
- Texture and balance: Temper sour cream with hot soup, lower the heat and stir it in without boiling.
- Finish and serve: Add lemon and dill, correct seasoning and top with reserved mushrooms.
Chef Notes & Tips
Paprika burns quickly and becomes bitter; expose it to fat briefly before liquid.
Ingredient choices: Use sweet Hungarian paprika and keep the smoked paprika as the smaller accent listed. Slice mushrooms evenly. Plain flour thickens the base, while sour cream supplies tang as well as richness.
Cooking control: Brown mushrooms and soften onion before briefly cooking paprika over controlled heat. Add flour and stock in the stated sequence and simmer properly. Temper or incorporate sour cream gently, then finish dill and lemon.
If something goes wrong: Bitter paprika likely scorched. A floury taste needs more cooking before dairy is added. If sour cream splits, the soup may have boiled too hard after enrichment.
Ingredient Substitutions
- ↔ Use cultured oat cream for dairy-free soup; mix cremini and oyster mushrooms.
Food Safety & Doneness
Wash produce and use clean utensils. Keep perishable ingredients refrigerated. Refrigerate cooked food in shallow containers within 2 hours, or within 1 hour when the surroundings exceed 32°C.
Serving & Plating
Serve hot with dill and visible mushroom pieces. Adjust lemon after tasting the sour cream’s acidity.
Storage
Refrigerate promptly in shallow covered containers at 4°C or below and use within 3 days. Reheat only the portion needed to at least 74°C throughout. Discard food left unrefrigerated for more than 2 hours, or 1 hour above 32°C.
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