I like my Gulaschsuppe served along with a pretzel roll and a salad of baby spinach, chopped apple, walnuts, oil, & vinegar…
Ithaca, NY, which is located on the southern end of Cayuga Lake in New York’s Finger Lake region, is one of the quaintest little towns I know of. While the name Ithaca may not be familiar right away, it might ring a bell when you hear that it is home to Cornell University (and the Moosewood Restaurant!).
There is an adorable pedestrian shopping mall in downtown Ithaca called the Commons with various stores and restaurants (for more pics of the Commons, see this post from mine and Mike’s last anniversary). While there’s plenty of variety when it comes to places to eat, mine and Mike’s favorite restaurant is a German place called Brötchen, and when we’re walking the Commons around lunchtime we end up there for lunch more often than not.
At Brötchen I always order this soup and Mike always orders some kind of sandwich. And then he inevitably regrets not ordering this soup and eats half of mine…which is ok because then I have room for dessert. ;)
Gulaschsuppe (German Goulash Soup) (Recipe inspired by Brötchen’s soup in Ithaca, NY and adapted from Recipe Goldmine)
(Yield: 6 servings)
2 TB canola oil
1 to 1 1/4 lb beef sirloin, trimmed of fat and cubed
2 large onions, diced
5 large cloves garlic, minced
2 bay leaves
2 TB sweet paprika
1 1/2 tsp fresh minced thyme (or 1/2 tsp dried thyme)
1/2 tsp ground caraway seeds
1/2 tsp ground marjoram
Pinch cayenne pepper (more or less to taste)
6 c beef stock
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp tamari sauce (or soy sauce)
2 oz tomato paste
Salt and pepper
In a 5-quart pot with a lid, heat oil on medium-high heat; add beef and sear on all sides (about 2-3 minutes per side). Add onions and sauté until starting to soften (about 5 minutes). Add garlic, bay leaves, paprika, thyme, caraway, marjoram, cayenne pepper, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp black pepper and sauté 1-2 minutes until everything is fragrant. Add beef stock, Worcestershire, tamari, and tomato paste and bring up to a boil. Turn heat down to a simmer, cover the pot, and cook until beef is tender (about an hour), stirring occasionally. Taste and season with salt and pepper as desired.
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Delicious! What great flavors.
Cheers,
Rosa
This soup is fabulous! I tried it when I travel to German two years ago and love it, and it looks exactly like yours! :)
Yum! I have a recipe very similar to this. The taste of marjoram in this brings back so many childhood memories. I love it! Mine doesn’t have caraways seeds though, but I can imagine it would taste fantastic. I’ll try to remember to add some to mine next time :)
What a hearty soup! It’s chilly and damp here today, and a bowl of this would sure taste good. :)
What a great soup Faith! I love the little bit of tamari in it – interesting with the more traditional German ingredients. I want that pretzel roll too!
Now if only I had the ingredients for this at home I could enjoy it tonight!! Diane
This is something my partner (and his German dad) would greatly appreciate! Sounds amazing!
Hi, I just came across your blog!
I absolutely LOVE your about page- so informative!
Your soup looks great and so does that roll on the side-yum. I don’t think I’ve ever had traditional German food. I love saurkraut, though!
Oh yum! This sounds perfect. Ryan and I just made pretzel rolls too. Thank you for infusing your posts with your kind spirit, your thoughtful words, and your beautiful photographs. Even in the midst of sadness, I find such solace visiting the blogs that I’ve grown to love this past year. I hope you have a wonderful start to your week, my friend. A big hug from Austin!
I prefer mine with pretzel too :-)) This looks so nice.
My mother made goulash all the time (her side was German) but never goulash soup. This looks great, Faith!
I love all the spices and flavors in this soup! When do we get the recipe for the pretzel rolls?
This soup looks delicious – the flavours all sound so good! Love the story behind it as well :)
Lovely course. Beautifully presented and executed.
Bravo!
That sounds like a nice hearty, comforting bowl of soup!!
This German soup looks awesome. Nice flavors.
Looks like a terrific, rich and flavorful soup, and it sounds just perfect with a pretzel roll (we get those at wegmans all the time).
I have never had this soup but wish I had because it looks delicious, full of wonderful flavor. That pretzel roll looks pretty darn good too:)
As it is getting colder here in Sydney, that is just the perfect recipe. Lovely, rich and flavour packed.
Sorry … I know it’s me … but I can’t eat Gulaschsuppe unless I’m wearing fleece and gore-tex and have a pair of 215 cm Volkls strapped to my feet. It’ll always be ski-food for me, just like a canned iced coffee and a Ritter-Sport is always an autobahn gas station break snack. Cheers!
I can see why Mike eats your soup. So hearty and a great combination of flavors.
Mimi
Looks and sounds like a delicious bowl of soup! I would love to have a bowl right now.
German GOULASH SOUP!?! WOW! This sounds amazing! I have German roots on both parents’ side of the family, so I see no excuse not to try this!
Warm comfort…great flavours…and a little crusty bread on the side…mummmm. I’m set for a wonderful meal ;o)
Flavourful wishes,
Claudia
Is there a recipe for the awesome pretzel roll you have in the photo to go with the soup? If so may I have it? :D
Hi Jenny, You read my mind, I’ve been wanting to make homemade pretzel rolls! :) I actually didn’t make the ones in the picture (they’re from a local grocery store called Wegmans), but a while ago my friend Joanne posted a really delicious looking recipe for them…here’s the link if you want to check it out!
Sounds just what I am looking to make,but,how much is 6 c of beef sock?
Thanks
Roger, 6 cups of beef stock is about 1.4 liters. Hope you enjoy the soup!
Made this last night. Followed the recipe but added on diced red pepper. Delicious…just like I used to eat in Wiesbaden! Thanks!