Sturgeon-Head Soup

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 funt sturgeon head
• 2 carrot
• 1 parsley root
• 1 celery
• 1 leek
• 2 onion
• 3 cloves
• 13 grains allspice
• 3 bay leaf
• 1 lozhka butter
• 1/2 stakan rice or pearl barley
• 1 stakan table wine or champagne

Instructions

1. Boil and strain a root-and-spice bouillon.
2. Cook the sturgeon head until the flesh loosens; strain.
3. Add butter and cooked grain, boil, and finish with wine and greens.