Friday, May 22, 2009

Chicken -beef soup (from Babcia C)

Put in a pot with water:
beef
chicken
onion
celery
carrots
salt
pepper
chicken bullion
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On the side make some noodles for the soup

Babcia L's rosol (Chicken soup)


Ingredients:
water
2 lbs. chicken wings
1 onion
3 cut up carrots
1 ts. salt
3 bay leaves
1/2 cup of white rice
1-2 chicken bullion/s
1/4-1/2 ts. Accent (flavor enhancer)

1. Put your meat into a large pot and cover with water.
2. Bring to a boil, skim off any foamy crud that may float to the surface then immediately reduce heat to bring it to a simmer.
3. Add onion, carrots, salt, bay leaves, rice, and chicken bullion.
4. Cook for about 40 min. covered or partially uncovered.
5. Add Accent
6. Remove the bones, skin, bay leaves & discard them. Cut up rest of the meat & return to the soup.

white borsch (biały barszcz) - soup

Ingredients:
fresh pork kielbasa (about 2 lbs)
5 chopped garlic cloves
4 Bay Leaves
10 Whole black pepper
5 cans (4oz) of mushrooms with liquid
Citric Acid (about 1/2 ts.)

Preparation:
In a 4qt. pot with about 2-3 qts.of water add fresh pork kielbasa (about 2 lbs)
Bring to a boil, then add garlic, Bay Leaves, Whole black pepper, & mushrooms.
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Reduce heat and simmer, cover for about 1 hr.
Add some Citric Acid (about 1/2 ts.)
Mix about about 1/3 cup of sour cream with about 2 Tbs. of flour, then slowly mix in sufficient water to this mixture so it is smooth and does not have any lumps. Pour into the soup while mixing the soup; bring to boil.

When my soup is done:
1. I discard peppercorns & bay leaves from my soup
2. I cut up my kielbasa & return it to the soup