Buttered Purée Soup of Dried Peas
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 3 stakan dried peas
- 1 ложка (spoon) butter
- 1/2 roll stale grated roll
- 1 bunch bunch of greens
- 1 parsley root
- 1 leek
- 1 onion
- 1/2 ложка (spoon) flour
- 1/2 funt smoked whitefish (optional)
Instructions
- Soak and drain the peas; cook down soft in water with butter and grated roll, no salt; sieve.
- Thin with greens-flavoured water; add fried root/leek/onion dusted with flour; salt and boil.
- Optionally boil in sliced smoked whitefish before serving.