Swiss Soup - Swiss Bündner Gerstensuppe
Created by dienia b on November 1, 2015
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 1d
- Cook Time: 2h
- Recipe #21583
Ingredients
- 1 yellow onion (chopped)
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 2 carrots, diced
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1/2 cup barley (150 grams)
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 1/2 ounces ham (1/2 cup cubed, smoked ham)
- 4 ounces bacon (4 slices smoked bacon, chopped)
- 1 pound dried lima beans (2 cups dried)
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- FOR TOPPING
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon minced parsley
- 1 tablespoon minced chives
How to Make
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Step 1: Soaking beans and barley for 4-6 hours.
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Step 2: Onions, celery and carrots are cut and fried in fat.
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Step 3: Add bacon and ham and fry for another 5 minutes.
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Step 4: Add the beans and bulgur and pour the chicken broth and bay leaf. Boil until beans are cooked, you may need to add more water.
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Step 5: At the end, add salt and pepper to taste.
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Step 6: Soup is finished with cream and liquid yolk that has been tempered.
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Step 7: Add the parsley, and chives, then mix.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (438 g)
- Calories 360.7
- Total Fat - 20.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.4 g
- Cholesterol - 71 mg
- Sodium - 1851.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 29.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.7 g
- Sugars - 8.5 g
- Protein - 16.4 g
- Calcium - 288.1 mg
- Iron - 14.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 11.2 mg
- Thiamin - 1 mg