Fish Shchi of Sorrel and Spinach
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 8 ruffe
- 1 1/2 funt fresh sturgeon
- 1/2 funt white roots
- 2 onion
- 1 greens bouquet
- 3/4 funt spinach
- 3/4 funt sorrel
- 1/2 stakan flour
- 1 lozhka butter
- 3/4 stakan smetana
- 6 hard eggs
Instructions
- Boil and strain a ruffe-and-root broth.
- Scald, skin, and poach the sturgeon in the broth; portion it.
- Prepare sorrel and spinach as in No. 93 and season the shchi with flour, butter, and smetana.
- Add the sturgeon and serve with hard eggs.