Hungarian Chilled Cherry Soup (Meggyleves)🇭🇺

Here’s a beloved Hungarian summer classic: Chilled Sour Cherry Soup (Meggyleves) 🇭🇺🍒

Ingredients:

  • 2 lbs (900 g) sour cherries (fresh or frozen, pitted)
  • 4 cups (1 L) water
  • 1 cup (200 g) sugar (adjust to taste)
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3–4 whole cloves
  • 1 strip lemon peel (or a few slices of lemon)
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 cup (240 ml) sour cream (or half sour cream, half heavy cream for richness)
  • 2 tbsp all-purpose flour (optional, for thickening)
PREPARATION