Hamburg Puree Soup with Oat Grits
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 3 funt beef
- 1 stakan oats or Hercules oats
- 1/4 lemon lemon zest
- 1 vershok cinnamon
- 1/2 stakan currants (korinka)
- 1/2 stakan grated almonds
- 4 lumps sugar
- 2 ryumka rum
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 stakan cream
Instructions
- Boil and strain a white beef bouillon.
- Boil oats soft, rub through a sieve, and thin with bouillon.
- Add lemon zest, cinnamon, currants, almonds, and sugar; salt and boil.
- Off heat, add rum and a yolk-cream liaison; heat very hot and serve.