Solyanka - a delicious, satisfying, spicy soup with the aroma of smoked meats is considered an old dish of Russian cuisine. Solyanka in some regions of Russia used to be called a "villager" - respectively, and the set of products was simple, from your garden. Agree, it’s hard to imagine in a Russian village soup made from cold cuts with olives and lemon? It is much easier to draw a parallel between “hodgepodge” and “salty”, that is, the hodgepodge was prepared with the addition of pickled or pickled vegetables (cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage).
Now there are several types of hodgepodge:
Fish hodgepodge is a traditional version of an old Russian dish. A tasty hodgepodge was prepared from several types of fish: broth was cooked from the head, skin, fins and cartilage of the sturgeon, boiled fat backs and tender sturgeon fillet were added when serving, and pieces of salty red fish (salmon, pink salmon or chum salmon) enhanced the taste. Very tasty modern fish hodgepodge in a slow cooker.
Mushroom hodgepodge is a lean version of a fragrant saturated soup from porcini mushrooms. Mushrooms, oyster mushrooms and other available mushrooms are being added now, but the delicious taste of ceps cannot be replaced by any other.
Meat hodgepodge is the latest option. Delicious hodgepodge is not easy to prepare, all products undergo thorough preparation before combining in the broth. In the meat hodgepodge , meat plays the main role - good beef, smoked chicken breasts or smoked pork ribs for broth, high-quality smoked and cooked sausage, ham, beef or pork tongue, boiled pork, ham. The meat hodgepodge, the preparation of which takes a lot of time, is amazing.
Vegetable hodgepodge is not a soup at all, but a crumbly vegetable stew with meat in a pan, fried in bacon. There are several types of vegetable hodgepodge - how many villages there were, so many types of hodgepodge-villagers.
Solyanka in a slow cooker is now gaining special popularity: in a slow cooker, the soup languishes for a long time, retains a thick aroma and taste.
For a meat hodgepodge you will need many products:
Assorted meat - 500 g of beef for broth, 100 g of smoked ham, a pair of hunting sausages, 100 g of ham, 100 g of boiled pork.
Pickled or pickled cucumbers - 2 things.
Carrots - 2 things.
Onion - 2 heads.
Tomato paste - 2 or 3 tablespoons.
A glass of pickle from cucumbers.
Greens - fresh dill, parsley.
Olives - 7 pieces.
Half a lemon.
Black pepper peas.
Cut carrots, onions and cucumbers into strips. In a slow cooker in the “Baking” mode, heat the oil, put vegetables with tomato paste in a bowl and set the timer for 10 minutes. In the “Baking” mode, vegetables are better fried.
Cut the assorted meat into strips, and hunt sausages in strips, add to the frying, mix, pour meat broth and brine, add seasonings and one bay leaf.
Solyanka in a slow cooker can be cooked in the "Stew" mode at 120 degrees or in the "Soup" mode. You only need to set the timer for 1 hour and simmer the soup under the closed lid.
Before serving, sprinkle with chopped herbs, put a slice of lemon and olives in a plate. Season with sour cream.
Solyanka in the slow cooker is ready!