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The fruit soup at Andre's is Cold Sour Cherry Cream Soup (Tejfeles Hideg Megyleves). It is a classic Hungarian dish. Here is a recipe (from Alex Lichtman, who was the baker at the old Mrs. Herbst's):

2 lbs. pitted sour cherries
2 1/2 tablespoons flour
1 pt sour cream
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 pt cold milk
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs, beaten
2 quts. cold water

1. bring 2 qts water to a boil abd cook sour cherries, salt, and sugar on a low fire for 60 minutes. cover partially while cooking
2. strain cherry juice into 3 qt mixing bowl and let it cool for 10 minutes
3. using whisk, slowly add beaten eggs to the cherry juice
4. stir flour into milk, smoothing out lumps. add sour cream and combine all with the cherry juice. mix well.
5. add cooked cherries to the soup.
6. let soup cool in refrigerator overnight. if a richer soup is desired, add another 1/2 pt sour cream when ready to serve.

serves 6-8

Mrs. Herbst's did not close because the ethnic enclave was disappearing. It close because the 3rd generation had moved on (for example, one is a physician in L.A.) and because the land had become so valuable that it was inevitable that it would be sold. But what a fabulous bakery it was. I have a loose-leaf binder with ALL of the Herbst recipes (including non-bakery food items). Long story - but my grandmpother and the original Mrs Herbst were friends in Hungary and came here at the same time. And my non-Hungarian wife can make a pretty good Dobos Torte and palascinta.