Solyanka
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 5:01pm

Ingredients




300 grams (or, 1/2 pound)Beef chunk
200 grams (or, 1/3 pound) Smoked Bacon, sliced
2 Smoked Pork Sausages, sliced
400 grams (or, 1 pound) Salted Cucumbers, diced
1 Onion, diced
2 tablespoons Tomato Paste
1 cup Olives
3 Bay Leaves
Capers 
Sour cream
Lemon slices
Fresh Dill, chopped

Preparation

1 Place the beef in a pot, adding 5 cups water. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer until done. Remove the meat, cut into small cubes and return to the pan. 2 Cut bacon slices into squares and fry until lightly brown on each side. Add to the pot. 3 Fry onion with bacon fat until translucent. Add tomato paste, cucumbers, stir and fry a few minutes 4 Add a cup of stock to pan and simmer about 5 min 5 Pour tomato-cucumber mixture into the pot together with sausages and bay leaves, bring to slow boil. Simmer about 10 minutes. 6 Turn the heat off, add olives. Leave for 20 minutes. 7 Serve with sour cream, lemon slices and capers. 8 Sprinkle with dill and enjoy!

About


Solyanka is an original Russian soup made with meat/poultry, fish (more often with sturgeon) or forest mushrooms
The main ingredient which makes this dish so special is salted cucumbers. It is a traditional to make pickles with a strong brine (without vinegar) flavored by garlic, currant leaves, horseradish and dill.
This is a "Compound Meat Solyanka” (Сборная мясная солянка) recipe, one of many other varieties.

Comments:
Barnaby Dorfman

Wow..this looks beautiful!
Aaron Krill

Yes, it does.