DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Aveluk Soup
Also known as: Ավելուկով ապուր
Armenian dried-dock soup with potatoes, chickpeas, walnuts and a vinegar finish.
About Aveluk Soup
Alan Bergo presents this as a traditional Armenian aveluk soup built around dried, braided dock. This named version combines the greens with potatoes, chickpeas and walnuts.
Butter, onion, garlic and tomato paste give the soup its savoury base. Homemade vinegar supplies the finishing acidity, with black pepper and olive oil at service; crushed red pepper and cilantro remain optional.
The dried greens retain an important texture within the slightly thickened potato-and-chickpea soup. Walnut pieces give a contrasting bite through the bowl.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Walnuts.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Aveluk Soup
Alan Bergo’s Armenian aveluk soup with potatoes, chickpeas and walnuts.
- Dried aveluk (dock)Base
- WaterLiquid
- Yellow onionAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Unsalted butterCooking medium
- Vegetable stockLiquid
- Tomato pasteSeasoning
- Canned chickpeasBase
- Golden potatoBase
- Crushed red pepperSeasoning · Optional
- Fresh cilantroGarnish · Optional
- WalnutsBase
- Homemade vinegarFinish
- SaltSeasoning
- Extra-virgin olive oilFinish
- Freshly cracked black pepperFinish
- Chopped sour plumsSeasoning · Optional sour-plum addition · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Dried aveluk (dock): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader dock candidate; source Rumex species not narrowed, begins with supplied dried aveluk rather than own harvesting.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit hot-water rehydration87, greens squeezed dry; not extra stock.
- Yellow onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Unsalted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Broader butter candidate; source unsalted form.
- Vegetable stock: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual vegetable-stock option78 selected over chicken stock; full formula unknown.
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit option79 selected over pureed canned whole tomatoes.
- Canned chickpeas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader chickpea candidate; actual canned form/full product formula unprovided.
- Golden potato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader potato candidate; source golden form, precise cultivar unknown.
- Crushed red pepper (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit optional crushed red pepper82; broader flakes candidate, precise cultivar unprovided.
- Fresh cilantro (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed optional83, exact method addition unreported.
- Walnuts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Walnuts source-confirmed. Actual ordinary card walnut option84; no personal black-walnut/hickory narrative47 imported.
- Homemade vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit85/90 option selected over rice-wine vinegar; base/formula unspecified.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only seasoning90.
- Extra-virgin olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only service90.
- Freshly cracked black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only service90; distinct from optional red pepper.
- Chopped sour plums (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Narrative48 explicitly permits chopped sour plums; native branch selected over dried American wild-plum substitute. Exact species/form and addition timing unreported.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Armenia
- ArmeniaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Armenian Cuisine
- Armenian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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