There are few meals more welcome on freezing winter days that a big pot of hearty soup…one of those concoctions that tastes even better the next day…that you look forward to when you are sitting in traffic trying to get home at the end of the day. When I saw this soup at Susan’s blog, SCHNITZEL AND THE TROUT, I knew it would soon be on my menu list for the week. I have made something similar for years that we call goulash soup, but Susan’s recipe was so much more interesting than mine with the addition of mushrooms, green peppers and tomato paste. My soup calls for paprika and caraway seeds too, so I knew my family would love her recipe. The only change I made was the addition of red wine instead of white because I had one fourth of a bottle left from dinner the night before.
I met a friend at Panera Bread last week and bought several of their small bread bowls to use as containers for the soup we had the night before, and were they ever a HIT! I have always loved soup in a bread bowl and it is so easy to do it at home with purchased bread. I scooped out most of the center so the bowl held lots of soup and it was so enjoyable to linger over dinner and tear off little bits of soft bread to savor with a glass of red wine. I hadn’t seen my fried for over 30 year and it was just like we talked on a regular basis. Our children played together when they were little and we picked up right where we left off years ago. Amazing how that happens. It was wonderful.
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 large, sweet onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 large green pepper, seeded and chopped
- 2 pounds top sirloin beef butt steak, trimmed and cut into ½ inch cubes
- 2 cans (28 ounces each) tomatoes with juice
- 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1 cup white wine
- 3-4 cups beef stock
- 3 potatoes, peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes
- 3 carrots, peeled and sliced into ½ inch pieces
- Crimini mushrooms, sliced...as many as you like
- 3 tablespoons Hungarian paprika
- 1 teaspoon caraway seeds, crushed between your palms
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 whole bay leaves
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 12 ounces light dairy sour cream or yogurt for garnish
- Fresh minced parsley for garnish
- In large Dutch oven or stock pot, heat oil. Brown beef on all sides. Remove from pot. Cook onion, garlic and green pepper for about 5 minutes, or until softened. Add the beef back into the pot and add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1½ hours. Remove bay leaves. Ladle soup into a large bowl. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream or yogurt. Sprinkle with fresh minced parsley. Serve with light or dark rye bread.
Cathy, so happy you enjoyed the soup. I love the bread bowl idea also. I have made it at least once every winter for years. Susan
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I made this soup last Tuesday night and it was a hit at our house. We don’t have a Panera here, but I guess I could find a bakery that made such little round loaves. Wasn’t that soup delicious?
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This stew wraps me up like a warm blanket on a cold day like this.
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I saw this on Susan’s post and immediately wanted to make it too. But I am going to wait for a cold snap to do it. Love the bread bowl idea.
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It’s wet, cold and in general a stinky day here. Would really warm up the body with a bowl of this.
This looks like a perfect and delicious bowl on a cold day! We are having quite a cold spell at the moment. Dare I make soup again, or wait?! I am thinking I must….thanks, Cathy. Don’t know how I missed this when Susan posted.
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Wow, does that look good! I love to serve soup in a sourdough bread bowl!!!!
: ) Kris
Cathy and Susan, lovely recipe! Looks like a combo between Jaegerschnitzel and Gulaschsuppe. Has to be tasty. I have to look at Panera for the little breads next time.
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Ooooh that soup, and in particular that bread bowl, is calling to me!!
This looks so good! I must drop into a Panera when I go to the US:)
I will make some before:)
Looks gorgeous!
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I have a couple of friends… we talk a couple times a year and it’s like we’d just talked yesterday. Love those kind of relationships.
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The soup sounds very hearty Cathy and the bread bowls are adorable! No doubt you had a wonderful visit-enjoy:@)
I saw this on Susan’s blog and thought this was my kind of soup too. Love the bread bowl Cathy.
Sam
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soup in a bread bowl really does feel like an extra treat doesn’t it! it never occurred to me to buy my bread bowls, genius! the soup looks so flavorful and delicious.
That looks delicious, I had no idea you could buy bread bowls like that! I love cheese soup in a bread bowl.
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Cathy–love your food presentation! I have got to find some round bread loaves and get cooking some soup! Incredible–love, love, love!
Blessings,
Aimee
Looks fantastic served in the bread bowl!
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I love Panera bread. This soup sounds wonderful.
I saved this from Susan’s blog and with a second endorsement, it will be a must try. I like your bread bowl service idea.
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I forgot to add – you had a quarter bottle of wine left? That doesn’t compute 🙂
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I admit Larry, that doesn’t happen very often. I usually drink it but I was thinking ahead and wanted to add it to the soup. This is such a good recipe. I hope you and Bev enjoy it as much as we did.
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This would be so yummy on a cold winter day! Thanks for the idea to purchase the bread bowls at Panera Bread. It’s nearby.
~Judy
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This soup reminds us of a goulash we had in Hungary. Sounds fabulous, and perfect for a snowy day like today!
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This sounds so comforting and I love a soup or stew with the tomato/beef combo. What a pretty picture with your bread bowl!
A lovely warming, soothing & comforting soup!
It looks smashing too!
How nice to get together with an old friend! Isn’t it amazing how we can pick up like we saw them yesterday!
I love soup served in bread bowls, yummy!
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This looks fabulous! A cross between a soup and a stew, hearty and flavorful and perfect! I do indeed want a bowl (or a pot) of this right now in the icy winter. And love the bread bowls for this kind of stew. Soup.
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