Not a single summer is complete without cold kvass soup. Okroshka - a simple and unpretentious dish in cooking, consisting of vegetables - has long occupied an honorable place on the dining table in Russia.
It is fair to consider it a prototype of a radish or turnip with onions seasoned with homemade unsweetened
bread kvass. The composition of this dish has undergone significant changes over time. Later, the ingredients for okrosha began to use the most diverse. And she began to represent a cold stew with the addition of finely chopped vegetables, onions and meat, seasoned with spices and fresh herbs. It was also customary to consider it a snack, and not, as we are used to, a soup. In ancient times, kvass was served separately in clay jugs. But potatoes - it would seem, the main and traditional component of the dish - began to be added only at the beginning of the 19th century. So, what ingredients are used for okroshka now and how to cook it correctly?
Classic cooking
Today, this traditional summer soup is a finely chopped, neutral-tasting vegetable. The most commonly used potatoes, carrots, fresh cucumbers, turnips and rutabaga. In addition, it includes spicy herbs: parsley, green onions, dill, tarragon, celery. A necessary component of okroshka are hard-boiled eggs. Particular attention is paid to dressing, consisting of a special kvass or ordinary bread with the addition of a ground mixture of mustard, green onions, black pepper, egg yolks, horseradish. It is also recommended to season the dish with fresh sour cream. In addition to vegetable, there is also okroshka, the ingredients of which include meat or even fish. In this case, as a rule, non-fat boiled meat of different varieties is used (preferably turkey or pork). It is recommended to take zander, sturgeon or cod from fish.
How to cook a delicious okroshka? We describe the general principle. Cut the vegetables into small cubes. Mix them with pre-cooked and chopped meat or fish (if you use them). Next, add spicy dressing and let it brew for half an hour. Then sprinkle with fresh herbs and fill with kvass. If desired, put sour cream and / or finely chopped egg white.
Popular recipe
So, now that you know how to cook this popular dish, we will determine what ingredients for okroshka are best combined with each other. Here is a simple and most common recipe. You will need:
- boiled chicken egg (2 pcs.);
- potatoes (boiled in their skins, 2 pcs.);
- boiled sausage (150 g);
- radish (3-4 pcs.);
- fresh cucumbers (2 pcs.);
- green onions;
- dill;
- sour cream;
- grated horseradish;
- salt;
- pepper;
- mustard;
- kvass.
As you can see, the ingredients for okroshka are quite simple. We chop eggs, potatoes, sausage, radish, cucumbers, mix and season with kvass, mustard (we use the simplest one), horseradish. Sausage can be replaced with ovarian meat. Salt and pepper to your taste, and then fill with kvass. Add finely chopped fresh herbs and sour cream. The dish is ready. We wish you all a pleasant appetite.