Gestapo soup

Cafe Society
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About a decade ago a coworker brought some soup to a potluck. She called it ‘Gestapo Soup’, an obvious play on gazpacho soup, though wasn’t cold and was more Italian than Spanish. Now that I live in an area where soup is more desirable than in hot Southern California, I’d like to make it. Only I don’t have the recipe.

The Italianesque soup was tomato-based. It contained hot Italian sausage, pepperoni, a certain brand of meat-filled tortellini (could’ve been ravioli, but I think it was tortellini – and it was sold in bags in the frozen foods section of Albertsons), onions, garlic, and I don’t know what else.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

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An idea for the missing ingredient: The tears of an old Jewish matriarch?

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Although it sounds delicious, my WAG is it’s something your ex-coworker invented.

I’d go with Gypsy tears. They’ll protect you from AIDS.

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I’m reasonably certain she got a recipe from somewhere, rather than coming up with it herself.

IANA Soupmaker. I’ve made soup, but it’s a rare thing. Any chance we can reverse-engineer this soup? I lack the expertise, but I know there are soup-making Dopers.

Sorry about the name, BTW. It’s in poor taste, but that’s what she called it.

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There are all sorts of tortellini soups out there, like:

  1. Brown some hot Italian sausage

  2. Throw in carrots, onions, and any other soup-veggies you want

  3. Add a bunch of chicken stock or half stock, half stewed tomatoes

  4. Boil for some time, add spices

  5. Either cook tortellini separately or put into boiling soup

  6. Eat

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I’ve heard of the Soup Nazi, but this is something else!

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It sounds rather tasty, but to avoid offense maybe you should call it OVRA soup (OVRA being the Italian equivalent of the Gestapo).

Anyway, “Gestapo soup” brings to mind something all black and leathery, yuck.

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That’s a good starting point. Thanks.

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soup with castor oil?