Hearty Spring Soup with Egg Roulade

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  • 1 piece Yellow Onion
  • 5 gram Allspice
  • 3 piece Juniper Berries
  • 30 gram Unsalted Butter
  • 1 piece Radish
  • 10 gram Chives
  • 30 kilogram Zucchini
  • 5 gram Bay Leaf
  • 3 piece Parsley root
  • 20 gram Salt
  • 1 kilogram Whole hen, giblets removed
  • 10 gram Medium-Fine Wheat Flour
  • 1 piece Kohlrabi
  • 10 gram Parsley Leaves
  • 2 piece Chicken Eggs
  • 10 piece Black Pepper
  • 3 gram Black Pepper
  • 2 piece Celery
  • 3 piece Carrot

Step-by-step method

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This elegant spring soup brings together a rich, slow-simmered chicken stock with a homemade egg roulade and buttered spring vegetables – a true comfort dish that rewards patience. The most time-consuming part is the long simmering of the hen (plan for several hours), but the egg roulade and vegetable preparation are straightforward and happen while the stock cooks. The result is a deeply flavorful, restaurant-quality soup that feels special enough for Easter entertaining.

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    Chicken stock

    Into a large pot, put a whole hen cut into pieces (if using chicken, just use chicken parts – usually backs, hearts, liver, carcasses).

    Ingredients

    • 1 kilogram Whole hen, giblets removed
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    Vegetables for the stock

    For one hen I use carrot, parsley root, a piece of celery stalk, a large onion, and a bit of greens – parsley or lovage. I never peel the vegetables, just scrub them under water with a rough scouring pad. I cut the onion in half, skin and all.

    Ingredients

    • 2 piece Carrot
    • 2 piece Parsley root
    • 2 piece Celery
    • 1 piece Yellow Onion
    • 10 gram Parsley Leaves
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    Spices

    Add all of this to the hen in the pot. Add allspice berries (about 5), black peppercorns (about 10), 2 bay leaves, 3 juniper berries and salt.

    Ingredients

    • 5 gram Allspice
    • 10 piece Black Pepper
    • 5 gram Bay Leaf
    • 3 piece Juniper Berries
    • 10 gram Salt

Hearty Spring Soup with Egg Roulade

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Active time total 4 h 48 min
Prep 28 min Cook 4 h 20 min

19 Ingredients

10 Steps

Hard Difficulty
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About this recipe

Don't you agree that a properly made soup is true balm for body and soul? Especially when it's steaming hot, loaded with a lovely garnish, fragrant vegetables and seasoned just right. And there's nothing better than enjoying a bowl of it outdoors on a beautiful spring day. Because this is a spring chicken soup…

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