Fresh Cabbage Soup with Milk
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 1 small head fresh cabbage
- 1 carrot
- 1 parsley root
- 1/2 handful parsley leaves
- 1 ложка (spoon) butter
- 1 ложка (spoon) flour
- 1/2 stakan barley groats (alternative)
- 1 butylka (bottle) whole milk
- 9 stakan water
Instructions
- Cut cabbage, scald to remove bitterness, drain, cook in 9 glasses water.
- Salt; add parsley, carrot, parsley root and butter; cook until soft.
- Add 3 glasses milk; thicken with flour-butter (or barley groats cooked with the cabbage); boil and serve.