Traditional Romanian Pork Soup with Vegetables

• Gluten free

• Meat

  • 1 lb Pork meat

• Produce

  • 3 Carrots, medium
  • 1 Celery root
  • 2 Celery sticks
  • 1 cloves Garlic
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 1/2 Lemon
  • 1 Onion, medium
  • 1/2 tsp Oregano, dry
  • 1 Potatoes, medium
  • 1 tbsp Tarragon, dry
  • 2 Tomatoes

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 Pepper
  • 1 Salt and pepper

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 tbsp Vegetable oil

• Dairy

  • 4 tbsp Sour cream

Found on gabitzasgreenkitchen.com

Ingredients

• 1 pound/500g pork meat chopped
• 3 medium carrots chopped
• 2-3 celery sticks chopped
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 2 tomatoes chopped
• 2-3 garlic cloves chopped
• 1 celery root peeled and chopped
• 1 pepper(any color you prefer) chopped
• 1-2 potatoes medium, chopped
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1-2 Tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 Tbsp dry tarragon
• ½ tsp dry oregano
• 4 Tbsp sour cream
• ½ lemon(we use the juice from it)
• 1-2 cloves of garlic chopped

Directions

• Chop the pork meat in cubes and put them in a pot of soup, on medium heat, on the stove, with some vegetable oil.
• Let the meat sweat for few minutes to develop the flavor, then add all the cleaned and chopped vegetables except for the potatoes and tomatoes.
• Cook the vegetables together with the meat until they develop the flavor, then add water to cover them.
• Keep simmering the soup until the meat is cook through and the vegetables are soft. Add the potatoes cut in small cubes and the chopped tomatoes.
• Add salt and pepper to taste and a little bit of oregano.
• Simmer the soup until the potatoes are cooked.
• Add the dry tarragon and the juice from your lemon.
• In a separate bowl put the sour cream.
• Add a small amount of hot soup to sour cream; stir to mix. Gradually add the mixture to the soup, stirring constantly. Do not bring back to boil.