Soups
Ajvar soup with pide
This soup is just the right mix of spicy, creamy and uncomplicated. The ajvar immediately brings in depth and warmth, and when paired with soft pide, it becomes a really comforting meal.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 10 minutes
- Cooking time: approx. 15 minutes
- Total time: approx. 25 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 325 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 4.6 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 9 g
- Fat
- ≈ 29.4 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 2 tbsp oil · ≈ 27.3 g
- 1 large onion · ≈ 100.0 g
- 2 cloves of garlic · ≈ 6.0 g
- 1 red pepper · ≈ 150.0 g
- 2 tbsp tomato paste · ≈ 30.0 g
- 3-4 tbsp ajvar (mild or spicy) · ≈ 52.5 g
- fresh parsley or chives · ≈ 5 g
The midpoint was used for quantity ranges.
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 large onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 red pepper
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 3-4 tbsp ajvar (mild or spicy)
- 700 ml vegetable broth
- 200 ml cream or cooking cream
- 100 g cream cheese or sour cream
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika powder
- Salt
- pepper
- optional: chili flakes
- fresh parsley or chives
- 2 pide breads or pieces of pide for serving
Instructions
- Finely dice onion, garlic and peppers.
- Heat the oil in a pot and sauté the onion and peppers for 4-5 minutes until soft.
- Sauté the garlic briefly, then stir in the tomato paste and ajvar.
- Deglaze with vegetable broth and let everything simmer gently for 10 minutes.
- Stir in the cream and cream cheese, then puree the soup finely or leave it slightly chunky if desired.
- Season with paprika powder, salt, pepper and optionally some chili.
- Heat the pide briefly in the oven or in the pan and serve the soup with herbs.
