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Bread Roll Soup

4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 pcs stale bread rolls (or 4 small white rolls)
• water (cold, for softening) (a little)
• 1 stick cinnamon
• lemon zest (a little)
• water (boiling, to top up) (as much as needed for 1.5 l soup)
• salt and sugar (to taste)
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 pcs egg yolk
• 2 tbsp sweet cream

Instructions

1. Cut the bread rolls into pieces, boil them with a little cold water, cinnamon, and lemon zest until soft.
2. Mash the bread rolls, strain through a sieve, and add enough boiling water to make 1.5 liters of soup.
3. Bring to a boil again, season with salt and a little sugar, add the butter, let it cook through, and then finish with the egg yolk and sweet cream.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.