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Egg Drop and Parmesan Cheese Soup - Italian recipe

Ingredients:

4 cups chicken stock or broth
2 eggs
4 Tbsp. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
2 tsp. chopped fresh parsley

Directions:

Heat the stock or broth to a boil over high heat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Beat the eggs with the Parmesan and parsley and season with a bit of salt and pepper. Slow stir the egg mixture into the soup and stir constantly for 2-3 minutes until the eggs float to the top and form tiny “flakes”. Serve Immediately.

You can add cooked chicken cut into bite-sized pieces to this soup if you want something a bit more hearty. This is very good with a thin slice of lemon floating on top.

Fish Soup - Algerian recipe

Ingredients:

2 tbs olive oil
1 large onion
2 cloves garlic
1 can whole tomatoes
1 tsp paprika
pinch of crushed saffron
salt and pepper
2 large potatoes
3 stalks of celery - diced
2 cups chicken broth
1 + 1/2 lb firm white fish

Directions:

Sauté onions in the oil in a large pan. Add in the garlic and tomatoes, simmering until most of the liquid is gone. Then, add the spices, potatoes and chicken broth, and simmer for 10 minutes. Place the fish in the pan and cook until it begins to flake. Puree the soup using a blender or food processor. Simmer for another 10 minutes.

Green Lentil Soup - Turkish Recipe

Ingredients:

2/3 cups Green Lentils
1 cup Milk
6 cups Water
2 slices Bread
1 medium Onion
Paprika
4 tbsp Margarine
2 tbsp Flour
1/8 cup Rice
1 Egg
Salt to taste

Directions:

Wash lentils and soak the night before in 1 cup of water.

Peel, wash and finely chop the onion.

Place in sauce pan with margarine, cover and cook for 2 - 3 minutes until tender, stirring occasionally, add flour and stir fry until slightly browned.

Wash the rice, add to onion - flour mix with the lentils and the remaining water, stir until it starts to boil.

Cook for about 30 minutes. Pass trough a sieve or blend, add salt and replace on heat.

In a separate bowl, beat the egg with milk, warm it by adding a few spoon full of hot soup. Add the egg - milk mixture to the soup gradually while stirring constantly and turn off heat when it comes to boil. Mean time, cut up the bread into 1 cm cubes and put on a tray and bake in the oven.

Serve the soup with red pepper and bread croutons.

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