Crayfish Purée Soup with Rice (Buttered)
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 30-40 crayfish
- 1 onion
- 1 bunch bunch of greens, dill
- 1 1/2 ложка (spoon) butter
- 1 ложка (spoon) flour
- 1/4 stakan rice
- 1/2-1 stakan sour cream (smetana)
Instructions
- Cook crayfish with salt, onion, greens and dill; strain; reserve tails and broth.
- Pound shells/legs, fry in butter until dark, add flour, thin with broth, boil, strain (crayfish butter/bisque base).
- Add tails, cooked rice and sour cream; reheat to very hot, add greens, serve.