Turkey Meatball Soup with Pickled Cucumber
4 servings
60 minutes
Turkey meatball soup with pickles is a fragrant and hearty dish of European cuisine that combines the tenderness of turkey with the tangy flavor of cucumbers. Its roots trace back to traditional recipes of peasant families where the combination of meat and vegetable components ensured nutrition and taste. The soup has a deep flavor with soft spice notes and freshness from herbs, while the pickles add a special touch that awakens the appetite. It is perfect for cold days, warming and nourishing the body, and also suitable for a light lunch or dinner. Serving it with sour cream makes the taste even more velvety. This soup is an excellent combination of simplicity and gastronomic pleasure that will delight family and friends.
1
Pour 200 ml (a glass) of water and put it on the fire, wash and clean all the vegetables (except for tomatoes, potatoes, and pickles), cut them into medium pieces, slice the leek into thin rings, chop the parsley (or dill, whichever you prefer), and add everything to boil in the water, lightly salting it. When the water with the vegetables boils, blend everything and add the remaining water. Add a bay leaf.
- Water: 1000 ml
- White part of leek: 100 g
- Parsley: 30 g
- Celery: 50 g
- Sea salt: to taste
- Bay leaf: to taste
2
Wash the turkey fillet, dry it from water and grind it in a meat grinder. Season the minced meat with salt and a little pepper, and add khmeli-suneli. Form balls and add them to the soup while stirring to prevent the meat from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
- Turkey fillet: 400 g
- Sea salt: to taste
- Ground black pepper: to taste
- Khmeli-suneli: to taste
3
Finely chop the cucumbers (they can be replaced with pickled black olives) and add them to the soup along with the meatballs or right after.
- Pickles: 2 pieces
4
Wash and clean the potatoes, cut them as you like.
- Potato: 3 pieces
5
Wash the tomato, remove the stem, and blend it (in winter, it can be replaced with tomato paste or frozen tomatoes). When the meatball soup boils, add potato and tomato to it.
- Tomatoes: 1 piece
6
Cook the soup until the potatoes are ready.
- Potato: 3 pieces
- Tomatoes: 1 piece
7
When the soup is ready, turn off the heat and wrap the pot with a towel, leaving the soup for 10 minutes. It can be served like this or with sour cream.