Soup with Rutabaga and Barley Grits
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 3 funt beef
- 1 funt rutabaga
- 1/2 stakan barley grits
- 1 onion
- 6-12 potato
- 1/2-1 stakan smetana or thick cream
- greens
Instructions
- Boil and strain a white bouillon from 3 funt of beef.
- Two hours before dinner, cook the washed barley grits, onion, and cut rutabaga in the strained bouillon until soft.
- Half an hour before serving, add peeled sliced raw potato and cook through.
- At serving, stir in smetana or cream and sprinkle with greens, or bring once to a boil.