Austrian Goulash Soup

AUSTRIAN GOULASH SOUP

This was one of the kids favorite dishes from our summer in Europe. We were served this old family recipe as our apple strudel was baking in the ovens. When we make it at home now, we are instantly transported back to the coziness of the Austrian kitchen in the mountainside cave. 

INGREDIENTS:

250 grams beef (bone shoulder)

200 g potatoes, raw and peeled

40 g oil

200 g onion, finely chopped

20 g fine grained paprika (not Spicy)

Dash of vinegar

1 tsp tomato paste

1 1/4 liters beef broth

Salt, caraway, ground marjoram 

2 cloves garlic pressed

20 g flour

METHOD

Cut meat a potatoes separately into about 1 cm cubes

Heat oil and sauté onions until golden brown. Add meat, mix well and stir in paprika powder. The paprika easily burns so quickly deglaze with vinegar, add tomato paste, and blend in broth, add seasonings and braise for about 40 minutes. 

Add potatoes, cook for several minutes, or until they are soft but firm. Finally blend in flour with water (1/8 liter), stir into he boiling goulash soup and allow boiling down for five minutes.