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An Advent Calendar - 21. Door#21 - Sot Suppe
Sot Suppe
When I was a child, my paternal grandparents would invite our extended family to a restaurant the Sunday before Christmas. My father is one of ten kids and they all had big families so there were about sixty to seventy people, no small bill for working-class farmers. It was my grandparents gift to the family each year.
They always made reservations at a place called “The Manor Inn” and it was a traditional supper club style atmosphere. When you walked into the back room, there were lit candles on the tables, sprays of fresh cut evergreens and silver bells. The owner of the establishment collected them and she had the bells displayed on a sideboard at the head of the table. They gleamed and flashed in the low light.
On the tables were trays of relishes; carrots, pickles, radishes, and of course pickled herring filled to overflowing. Set in front of each chair was a table setting and a small bowl of purplish soup. It was ‘sot suppe’, a refreshing cold fruit soup. We had it every Christmas. The restaurant made it special for us from my grandmother’s recipe, which she had saved from her immigrant Norwegian mother. I’m going to share it with you. It’s delicious, easy to make, and perfect for a treat on a winter’s night.
Norwegian Sot Suppe
½ lb prunes
½ lb raisins
½ cup dried currants
Boil in 8 cups of water. Then add the following:
½ cup sago or tapioca
1 cinnamon stick
¼ tsp salt
¾ cup sugar
After starch is soft and translucent, add a 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar and ¾ cup of grape juice.
Serve cold with Christmas cookies or a dollop of whipped cream.
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