Fresh or Dried Cherry Soup
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 1 stakan / 2 funt dried cherries OR fresh cherries
- 1 ложка (spoon) potato starch (flour)
- 1 1/2-2 stakan (~½-¾ funt) sugar
- 1/2 stick cinnamon
- 1 3/4 stakan light white or red table wine
- 1/4 lemon
Instructions
- Pound and cook cherries in water; thicken with potato starch slurry.
- Add sugar, optional cinnamon and wine; boil, pour over biscuits/croutons.