Soup with Lemon, Pearl Barley and Sour Cream
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 1 funt root vegetables
- 1 funt potato
- 1 bunch bunch of greens
- 3 dried mushrooms
- 1/3 stakan pearl barley
- 1/2 ложка (spoon) butter
- 1/2 lemon
- 1 stakan sour cream (smetana)
- dill
Instructions
- Cook and strain a broth from roots, potato, greens and dried mushrooms.
- Boil pearl barley in butter until soft; beat white; thin with broth and boil.
- Remove the lemon, pour over dill (and sour cream) in the tureen, and serve.