Kedves Attila,

Re: gulyasleves

Ingredients: 400 g (14 oz) shin or rump of beef cut into 2cm (1 in) cubes,
                  500 g (1 lb)  potatoes, diced
                  1 whole carrot,
                  1 whole parsley root
                  2 sliced sweet peppers
                  1 skinned, chopped tomato
                  2 chopped onions
                  1 clove of garlic, crushed
                  1 tsp hot paprika
                  1 tbs lard
                  1/2 tsp ground caraway seeds
                  salt

Csipetke: (pinched dough)
                  1 egg
                  2 heaped tbsp flour

Preparation:  Melt the lard in the pan and fry the onion gently until golden. 
Sprinkle with the caraway.
Add the meat, carrot, peppers, tomato, parsley root, garlic and paprika, 
cover with water. Bring to the boil, then add salt. Cover the pan, leave to 
simmer. As the water evaporates, add more: about 2 litres, will be needed in 
all to achieve the correct consistency-neither too thin nor too thick.
After about 2 hours, add the potatoes and bring to the boil. 
Meanwhile, beat the egg and mix with the flour to make a stiff dough. Pinch 
small pieces from the dough (about the size of a hazelnut) and 5 min before 
serving drop them into the boiling soup. Serve the goulash when the meat and 
potatoes are tender and the csipetke rise to the surface.

Preparation: 30 min, cooking time about 2 1/2 hours.

Jo etvagyat, udvozlettel 

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