Spring Soup (Printanier)
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 3-4 funt beef
- chicken bones
- 3/4 funt root vegetables
- 12 young whole potatoes
- 6-8 young carrots
- 1 young turnip
- 4 asparagus
- 1 handful green pea pods
- 1 tbsp shelled green peas
- 1 head cauliflower
- dill
Instructions
- Cook and strain a yellow bouillon (No. 1 or 3) with browned roots.
- Blanch young potatoes, carrots, turnip, asparagus, pods, peas and cauliflower; drain and cool.
- Stew the vegetables in strained broth until just tender, cauliflower and carrots last.
- Combine with dill in the tureen and serve with pirozhki.