Favorite Meat Soup of the Bakon Bandits

This Hungarian soup is made from meat, mushrooms and vegetables, and thanks to cream and sour cream, it turns out to be rich and more tender. As the name suggests, its recipe was very popular with the robbers who hunted in the Bakony Mountains.

Ingredients

• Vegetable oil 3 tbsp. spoons
• Onion 2 pieces
• Smoked bacon 60 g
• Paprika ½ tbsp. spoons
• Pork 250 g
• Meat broth or water 700-800 ml
• Carrot 2 pieces
• Turnip 1 piece
• Potatoes 2-3 pieces
• Tomatoes 2 pieces
• Champignons or other mushrooms 250-300 g
• Salt taste
• Ground black pepper taste
• Sour cream 240 ml
• Flour 2 tbsp. spoons
• Heavy cream 240 ml
• Greens taste

Directions

1. Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Fry the finely chopped onion and bacon for 5-6 minutes. Sprinkle with paprika, stir and cook for another minute or two.
2. Add finely chopped meat and pour in about 200 ml of broth or water. Simmer, covered, for about 20 minutes.
3. Cut the carrots, turnips, potatoes and peeled tomatoes into small pieces, and the mushrooms - a little larger.
4. To make it easier to peel tomatoes, pour boiling water over them for 30-60 seconds.
5. Place vegetables and mushrooms in a pot of meat. Pour in the rest of the broth. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Bring the soup to a boil. Cover and simmer over low heat for 20-25 minutes.
7. Stir the sour cream with flour so that there are no lumps left. Add cream and stir again.
8. Pour the mixture into the soup in a thin stream, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil and cook for another 2 minutes.
9. Add greens before serving.