Cold Cherry Soup (Kholodets)
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- funt (~¾ garnets) ripe cherries
- cinnamon
- cloves
- funt fine sugar
- stakan red wine
- lemon lemon juice
- stakan sour cream (alt. to wine+lemon)
- biscuits
Instructions
- Pound cherries with stones, season with cinnamon and cloves, sieve.
- Add sugar, red wine and lemon juice (or sour cream); thin with water, add whole pitted cherries.
- Chill on ice and serve with biscuits.