The Challenge

Croatian & Vegan: Corba od Jabuka

Yay! My first Skype cooking adventure is over and it was a lot of fun. 🙂 Although the connection broke a few times we had so much to laugh about and the food was pretty delicious and very heart warming!

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My first cooking guest via Skype was Mila from Croatia and this cooking session was the most spontaneous thing ever. We met via facebook like 5 minutes before we actually cooked! Mila asked sth. like: “Do you have apples at home, and cinnamon, and cloves? What about white wine?” I said: “Yes, everything´s there!” and she said: “Great, let´s cook!”

Actually Mila does live in France at the moment but she was born in Croatia. I loved her slightly French accent mixed with what I would think is a Croatian accent.

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Mila teached me a dish she was teached by her Croatian grandmother. And as you know already – there are a lot of apples involved. It´s almost vegan by itself. You just have to try this!

Corba od Jabuka

  • about 9 green apples (they should be slightly sour)
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1 tablespoon cloves
  • 1/4 l white wine (dry)
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • vegan butter
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • optional: 1 tablespoon flour
  • optional: bread to make croutons
  • optional: grounded cinnamon for serving

Slice the apples. Cut out the core. Put them into a pot together with the lemon juice, cloves, cinnamon stick and water. Bring to a boil. Let cook until the apples are soft.

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Drain apples. Remove cloves and cinnamon stick. Blend apples with a hand blender.

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Heat about 3 to 4 tablespoons vegan butter in a big pot. Add the sugar and let cook until it´s golden brown. (Optional: Add the flour.) Pour in some water and stirr until all is smooth.

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Add the blended apples and pour in the whine until you have a nice creamy soup. Bring to a boil. Serve with croutons and sprinkle grounded cinnamon over.

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For the croutons: Cut bread into small pieces. Heat vegan butter in a frying pan. Add the bread and fry until golden brown.

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Dobar tek!

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