halaszle

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noun

A hot, spicy paprika-based river-fish soup which originates from Hungary.

Similar
fisherman's soupfish paprika
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Meanings

nounhalaszle (uncountable)

alternative halászlé

  1. uncountableA hot, spicy paprika-based river-fish soup which originates from Hungary.

    "Have some of my soup, Morph," Ildiko urged him, stirring some cream into her Halaszle.

    2005, Michel Faber, Vanilla Bright Like Eminem: Stories, →ISBN, page 214
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    I had my first halaszle in a restaurant garden just a stone's throw from the River Tisza.

    1972, Susan Derecskey, The Hungarian cookbook: the pleasures of Hungarian food and wine

    The first two Hungarian paprika recipes did not appear in print until 1829, in Istvan Czifrai's cookbook. They were paprikas chicken and halaszle, the fish soup of Szeged, the center of capsicum culture in Hungary then and now.

    1993, Raymond Sokolov, Why We Eat What We Eat: How Columbus Changed the Way the World Eats, →ISBN

    You might also try halászlé (fish soup), which is basically carp with several types of paprika, onions, tomatoes and spices.

    2010, Dante Mena, Budapest & Surroundings Travel Adventures, →ISBN

    Synonyms: fisherman's soup, fish paprika

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA hot, spicy paprika-based river-fish soup which originates from Hungary.

Similar
fisherman's soupfish paprika

Origin

  1. Hungarianhalászlé“fisherman's soup”
  2. Englishhalaszle

Borrowed from Hungarian halászlé (“fisherman's soup”).

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Chicago

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