Kummel Suppe (Caraway Soup)

Extensive use is made in Austrian cooking, as in German cooking, of caraway seed as a flavoring.

Ingredients :

• 1 teaspoon of caraway seed
• 4 tablespoons of butter
• 1/4 cup of flour
• macaroni
• water
• salt
• pepper

Method :

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan, then add the flour gradually and stir till it browns.
2. Mix in the caraway seeds, and pour in about 1 1/2 pints of boiling water, stirring well.
3. Simmer for 1/2 hour, strain and add the macaroni previously boiled, cut in inch lengths.
4. Instead of the macaroni, croutons of fried bread are sometimes added to the soup.

Extensive use is made in Austrian cooking, as in German cooking, of caraway seed as a flavoring.

Ingredients :

• 1 teaspoon of caraway seed
• 4 tablespoons of butter
• 1/4 cup of flour
• macaroni
• water
• salt
• pepper

Method :

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan, then add the flour gradually and stir till it browns.
2. Mix in the caraway seeds, and pour in about 1 1/2 pints of boiling water, stirring well.
3. Simmer for 1/2 hour, strain and add the macaroni previously boiled, cut in inch lengths.
4. Instead of the macaroni, croutons of fried bread are sometimes added to the soup.