Shchi with Mushrooms (Buttered)
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- funt (~3 glasses) sauerkraut
- onion
- ложка (spoon) Finnish (unsalted) butter
- funt dried mushrooms
- ложка (spoon) flour
- plain peppercorns
- stakan sour cream (smetana)
Instructions
- Fry chopped onion in butter, add sauerkraut, fry, thin with mushroom broth; simmer.
- Make a flour-butter roux with mushroom broth, stir into the shchi with shredded mushrooms; boil.
- Season with salt and pepper, add sour cream.