Cream soup with Hungarian galuska

The last few weeks had been rainy and cold here in Portugal. You can really feel that autumn is here and winter is coming. These days I just want to stay at home, lay on the couch with a comfy blanket, watch a movie and eat a hot soup. I adore cream soups whether it is tomato, mushroom or zucchini. Most often I like to make zucchini cream soupe with Hungarian galuska. It is perfect for this weather and the galuska makes it even better. My grandmother started making this soup for me and my family when I was small, and so this was one of the recipes she taught me when I started cooking. 

On cold winter days I recommend you to try this recipe and I promise it'll definitely warm you up. 

INGREDIENTS:

Soupe:

2 zucchinis

2 medium sized potatoes
1 onion

salt and pepper

3-4 tablespoons of cream fresh or cream (tejföl)

4 cups of water

Galuska:

1 egg

50g of butter

5 tablespoons of flour

pinch of salt  

We are going to start by making the galuska. Take a bowl and put in the egg, butter, flour and a pinch of salt. Mix that well and set it aside.

Chop up the zucchinies, potatoes and the onion. Grab a big pot and heat up (medium to high heat) some oil and fry your onions for 2 minutes. Add the potatoes and fry them for another 2-3 minutes and then add the zucchini and let it soften for about 2 minutes while steering constantly (don't forget to season your vegetables with salt and pepper). Pour in 4 glasses of water (if later on, you feel like your soup is too thick then add more water) and let it cook for about 30 minutes (until the potatoes are cooked and softened). Get a blender and blend the vegetables and the water together. You should get a creamy consistency. Then taste it and if you need to, then put more salt and pepper.  Put 3-4 tablespoons of cream fresh in the soup, stir it well, and put it up on a high heat. When it starts to boil then start adding the galuska batter into the soup with a teaspoon. Let the soup cook for another 2 minutes and you are ready to serve.

If you decide to give this tasty cream soup a try then make sure to write a comment or take a picture of it and upload it to instagram or twitter and also don't forget to tag me in the photo .(instagram: @breakfast_at_katas , twitter: @breatkatas)

Zucchini and bacon pasta

If I had to eat one food for the rest of my life it would probably be pasta. It is one of the easiest and most delicious dishes. I make pasta for my family a lot because the pasta is done in 10 minutes and when you are making the sauce you can get creative. My trick is to put all my favourite vegetables in tomato sauce with some bacon or ham and that is it. I believe that you can never go wrong with pasta.

INGREDIENTS: 
250g pasta
1 clove of a garlic
1 zucchini
250g tomato souce 
3 strips of bacon (or ham)
salt, pepper and oregano 

Add some salt to boiling water, and cook the pasta in it. Meanwhile heat a large pan and fry your garlic in some sunflower oil until they are golden brown. Then add your zucchini and season them with some salt and pepper to your taste. When the zucchinis are a bit brown and soft then put them on one side of the pan and put the bacon (I used bacon which didn't have too much fat) on the other side and fry until they are golden brown. Mix the zucchini and the bacon together in the pan. Add your tomato souce and for a really nice taste, some oregano. Fry that for a few minutes and then add your cooked pasta into the pan along with a few tablespoon of pastawater. Let it fry for a while (a few minutes) and then serve it on a plate and add some cheese on the top. You are ready to serve. 

( this makes 4 servings) 

This pasta recipe is easy but has a little twist with the zucchini. I hope you make this recipe for your family and if you do please leave a comment or upload a picture on instagram with the #katasbreakfastpasta. (@breakfast_at_katas).