Crumbly Kasha on Mushroom Bouillon
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 2 stakans Smolensk groats or rice
- 2 штук eggs
- 8 штук dried mushrooms
- 2 1/2 stakans mushroom bouillon
- 3-4 ложки butter
- 4 carrot
- 1/2 parsley root
- 1/2 celery
- 1 onion
- 1/4 leek
- 6 штук English (allspice) pepper
Instructions
- Prepare 2 glasses rice or Smolensk groats (groats rubbed with 2 eggs, dried, sieved; rice parboiled once).
- Boil dried mushrooms with roots and spices; chop finely and reserve 2½ glasses strained bouillon.
- Add onion-browned butter to the bouillon, boil, pour in groats stirring; cook over high then low heat covered.
- Stir out lumps, add butter and mushrooms, bake to brown lightly, and turn out.