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Gooseberry Soup

4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g ripe gooseberries
• 1 l water
• 2 pcs stale white rolls (or 4 rusks), diced
• 1 piece cinnamon
• lemon peel (a little)
• sugar (to taste)

Instructions

1. Wash the gooseberries and carefully remove the stems and crowns.
2. Add water, diced white rolls or rusks, the cinnamon stick, and a little lemon peel.
3. As soon as the berries are soft, strain the soup through a sieve and sweeten to taste.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.