Halászlé
The Hungarian fisherman's soup of the Danube and Tisza and the dish of Christmas Eve in Hungary — a carp broth with onions pressed through a sieve, turned fiery red with paprika and cooked with thick carp steaks.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 carp (about 2 kg), scaled and gutted
- 400 g onions, chopped
- 2.5 l water
- 1 tbsp salt
- 3 tbsp Hungarian sweet paprika
- 1 tsp hot paprika
- 1 Hungarian wax pepper or green pepper, in rings
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 1 fresh hot chilli, sliced, to serve
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 430 kcal · P 16.9g · C 90.1g · F 8.1g
Estimated from 9 of 9 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Cut off the carp's head and tail and remove the fillets from the backbone. Cut the fillets into 4 cm steaks, score the skin side every 5 mm to cut through the fine bones, salt them lightly and refrigerate.
- 2Put the head (gills removed), tail, bones and skin in a pot with the onions and the water, bring to the boil and simmer 1 hour, until the onions have dissolved.
- 3Take off the heat, stir in the sweet and hot paprika, then simmer 30 minutes more.
- 4Pass everything through a sieve, pressing hard so the onion and the fish flesh go through — this purée is what gives halászlé its body.
- 5Return the strained broth to a wide pot, add the rest of the salt and bring to the boil.
- 6Add the carp steaks, pepper and tomato and simmer for 12–15 minutes without stirring — shake the pot instead, so the steaks don't break.
- 7Taste for salt and serve piping hot in deep bowls, with the fresh chilli on the side.
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Questions and answers
How long does Halászlé take to make?
About 135 minutes: 30 min prep and 105 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Halászlé?
9 ingredients: carp, onions, water, salt, Hungarian sweet paprika, hot paprika, Hungarian wax pepper or green pepper, tomato, fresh hot chilli.
How many servings does this Halászlé recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Halászlé?
About 72 kcal, with 2.8 g protein, 15 g carbohydrate and 1.4 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Halászlé recipe suit?
It is gluten-free and dairy-free.
What cuisine is Halászlé?
Halászlé comes from Hungarian cuisine.
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