Title: Bojti halikraleves (spawn soup for lent)
 Categories: Soups/stews, Hungary, Fish, Upload
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
      2    Carrots
      2    Parsnips
      2 md Onions
      1 sm Celery knob
      1 ts Salt
      2    Bay leaves
      5    Peppercorns, black
      1 tb Butter, unsalted
      1 tb Flour, all-purpose
      1 pn Paprika
    1/2 lb Fish fillet; small pieces
      1    Fish head
      1 lb Spawn (fish roe)
      2 tb Vinegar, wine, white
    1/4 c  Sour cream
 
    Peel vegetables and cut into small pieces, and together with salt,
  bay leaves and peppercorns cook them in 2 qts water till they are
  almost soft.
    Make a roux with butter and flour, cook for only a few minutes,
  leaving it very light. Add paprika and whip 1/2 cup cold water into
  the roux.
    Pour roux into the vegetable mixture and bring again to a boil.
  Reduce heat to a simmer.
    Add fish pieces and fish head, and simmer soup for 10 minutes. Add
  spawn and cook for another 5 minutes.
    Pour in the vinegar; just before serving stir in the sour cream.
  Adjust salt and vinegar to your taste.
    Note: During Lent most Hungarians eat a lot of fish. There are
  almost always little bits of fish meat, bones and heads left over and
  that's when this soup would be a good beginning for a Lenten meal.