Shchi of Sorrel and Spinach (Buttered)

Ingredients

• 3/4-1 funt sorrel
• 3/4-1 funt spinach
• root vegetables
• 1/8 funt dried mushrooms
• 2 onion
• 1 ложка (spoon) flour
• 1 ложка (spoon) butter
• barley groats
• 1 3/4 stakan sour cream (smetana)
• dill

Instructions

1. Cook and strain a broth from roots, dried mushrooms, dill and barley groats.
2. Fry mushrooms with onion, add flour and broth, boil.
3. Prepare sorrel and spinach as in No. 45; add to soup with sour cream and dill.
4. Serve with hard-boiled eggs, pirozhki or fried kasha.