Soviet Cooking

Almost forgotten recipes from past time
Rare Soviet cookbook published 1955 in the USSR

Cabbage soup nettle / country version

Cabbage soup nettle / country version

Cabbage soup nettle / country version
Ingredients
160 Nettle, sorrel 50, 5 carrots, parsley 5, 20 onions, green onion 15, flour 5, 10 table margarine, eggs, 1/2 pcs., 15 cream, bay leaf, pepper, cloves and herbs.

Moved and washed young nettle dip for 2-3 minutes in boiling water, discard in a sieve, mince and simmer for 10-15 minutes with the fat.
Indigenous cut into cubes, chop the onion, fry everything on fat. For 2-3 minutes before the end sautéing add finely chopped green onions.
In the boiling broth or water to put nettles, browned vegetables, "bouquet" of the soup and cook for 20-25 minutes. 10 minutes before end of cooking, add white sauce, chopped fresh sorrel leaves, salt, bay leaf, pepper, cloves (2-3 pcs. 10 servings).
Fresh sorrel can replace canned, brine pickled tomatoes, citric acid or lemon juice mixed with grated zest and rhubarb.
Serve with eggs, hard-boiled, sour cream and herbs.

5 comments:

  1. We eat a lot of cabbage looking forward to trying this.

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  2. I've never seen a recipe like this before and it intrigues me!

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  3. Oh yum, this soup recipe looks amazing! I love everything about it! Thank you for sharing this great recipe!!

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  4. Now, I'm hungry after reading your post! Happy Saturday!

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  5. Nettle soup! This is a very familiar thing for me, as similar one we make in Poland :) Nice to see it also exists in other cuisines!

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