Duck Soup with Pearl Barley and Mushrooms
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 1 domestic duck
- 2 carrot
- 1 parsley root
- 1 celery
- 1/2 leek
- 1 onion
- 4 dried mushrooms
- 2 bay leaf
- 1/2-3/4 stakan pearl barley
- 1 lozhka butter
- 1/2-2 stakan smetana
- 1/2 lemon lemon / beet brine / gooseberry juice
- greens
Instructions
- Cook the whole duck with un-fried roots, spices, and dried mushrooms; strain the bouillon.
- Boil pearl barley separately, add butter, beat white, add smetana, thin with the strained bouillon, and boil once.
- Scald, wash, and boil the mushrooms; shred finely and add to the tureen with greens.
- Serve with the cut-up duck; add lemon juice, beet brine, or gooseberry juice to taste.