Garlic Potato Soup with noodles By Emil

Ingredients

1 Ham bone with some meat and skin
(Left over ham is best to use)
3-4 Large potatoes
2-3 Cloves Garlic
* Zaparska (Rue)
Water
½ TBL Paprika
**Drop Noodles

Take out pot (big enough to fit ham bone with some room)

Cut a clove of garlic in ½ and rub inside pot with it. Set garlic aside for later use. Add Ham bone to pot, cover with water going about 1” over bone. Add the paprika and diced garlic (about 2-3 cloves). Bring to boil and let simmer for 1-2 hours. You then remove the ham and skin from the water. You have the option to cut off the meat and return it to the pot or not. Peel and cut up potatoes and add to the pot. Let this cook for 30 to 60 minutes more or until potatoes are easily pierced with a fork. Add the *Zapraska and **Drop noodles to your soup. When noodles float to the top they are done. Note: If soup is weak, make another batch of Zaparska to add to pot.

* Zapraska recipe:

Ingredients

1 Cup of Crisco/Lard
½ Tsp Salt
2 TBL Paprika
1 Cup of ICE cold water
2-3 Cloves Garlic (depends on love of garlic)

Add Garlic to the pan, on top put the shorting as this cooks add the dry ingredients. Watch the mixture and have the cold water on hand, you want it to start to bubble and get brown. When you achieve the darkness you want (can be light to dark brown, up to you), you need to add the water.
Add a little at a time, the finished effect is a cloudy mixture. Your goal is to just break up the sauce you created. Now you are ready to add to your soup.. Later when you feel you have mastered this experiment with olive oil instead of Lard.

** Drop Noodles recipe:

Ingredients

2 ½ Cups Flour
1Tsp Salt
1 Slightly Beaten Egg
1 Cup Water

In a bowl add 1 cup of flour, salt, egg, water. Mix and add rest of flour, you want to get mixture to be easy to break off your spoon. Somewhat thick. This is then put on a plate. Take plate to soup and cut chunks into the soup. The size is up to you. The chef’s preference it to cut sizes close to the potato cubes. When the noodles float to the top they are done.