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Ingredients

Quantities for 6 servings.

• 1.2 kg Chicken, free-range, in pieces
• 250 g Flour, for the noodles
• 2 piece Eggs
• 400 ml Bran borș, or juice of 2 lemons
• 2 piece Carrots
• 1 piece Onion
• 1 piece Bell pepper
• 3 piece Potatoes
• 30 g Lovage
• 30 g Parsley
• to taste Salt and pepper

Method

1. Cover the chicken with three litres of cold water, bring it up and skim.
2. Simmer forty minutes on a low heat with a whole onion.
3. Knead a stiff dough from the flour and eggs, roll it thin, let it dry and cut it into fine noodles.
4. Lift out the chicken and joint it, and add the carrot, pepper and potato to the broth.
5. After fifteen minutes add the noodles and cook five minutes.
6. Boil the borș separately, strain it and pour it into the soup. Cook five minutes.
7. Return the meat, season and stir in the lovage and parsley. Let it stand ten minutes.