Kaltschale Recipe - Cold Berry Fruit Soup
Ingredients
- 8 Cup Water
- 3 Tbl. Tapioca pearls if you like it thicker, go up to 1/3 cup
- 1/2 cup Sugar you may need to add more, depending on how sweet/ripe the fruit is
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
- 7 cups mixed Berries/ Cherries you can add chopped apples, apricot halves, raisins etc (I did notice that frozen berries are less sweet! Taste and add sugar if needed.)
- 1-2 Tbl. Lemon Juice
Instructions
- In a soup pot... combine water, sugar, vanilla extract (or split vanilla Bean), cinnamon stick and Tapioca pearls. Bring it to a boil over medium heat.
- When it begins to boil, lower the heat to the lowest temperature.
- Cook for 20 minutes, while stirring (if you don't stir, it can burn or get stuck to the bottom). The Tapioca will thicken.
- (If you choose to work with cornstarch instead of Tapioca... Bring water/sugar/spices to a boil,. Combine 2 TBL corn starch with 1/3 cup cold water... stir into the boiling sugar water. Let cook 20 minutes.)
- Add fruit to the simmering liquid.
- Raise the heat, and bring back to a boil.
- Simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes (longer if your fruit was frozen).
- Add lemon juice.
- Taste.
- Sweeten if needed.
- Let the soup cool, then store in the refrigerator until cold.
Notes
You will need to chill the soup for several hours to serve it cold. Best to make it in the morning, and store it in the refrigerator all day.