Sour Tripe Soup

120 Min.
easy

Ingredients for 4 Serves

Tripe

  • 400 g tripe
  • Soup vegetables (carrots, celery, etc.)
  • A few peppercorns
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Salt

Soup

  • 50 g butter
  • 100 g flour
  • 1.5 litres cold stock
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 400 g cooked tripe
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 1-2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • Fresh parsley

Step 1: Boil the tripe with the soup vegetables, peppercorns, bay leaf and some salt until tender. Once cooked, remove the tripe and cut it into small pieces.

Step 2: In a pot, melt the butter, add the flour and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon until lightly toasted.

Step 3: Add the cold stock, stirring as you go. Add the tripe and bay leaves, then simmer for 10 minutes.

Step 4: Season to taste with salt, pepper and vinegar. Garnish with fresh parsley.

Note: Serve the tripe soup with South Tyrolean “Schüttelbrot” (crunchy flatbread) and a glass of St. Magdalener wine.

Recipe courtesy of the Gasthof Kohlern in Bolzano