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Żurek

Polish sour soup made with fermented rye starter, flavored with garlic and marjoram. Traditionally served at Easter, it is topped with hard-boiled egg and pieces of white sausage or blood sausage.

  • 1 h
  • 4 servings
  • Medium
  • Moderate

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

Instructions

  1. Cook the sausage in simmering water with the bay leaf and the whole onion for 20 minutes.
  2. Remove the sausage, slice it into rounds, then peel the potatoes and cook them in the broth for 10 minutes.
  3. Dilute the rye flour in a little cold water, then whisk it into the broth.
  4. Add the rye starter and let it simmer for 10 minutes without boiling hard.
  5. Crush the garlic with salt, then stir it into the soup along with the marjoram and pepper.
  6. Serve in bowls with the sausage rounds and a hard-boiled egg cut in half.

Variations and tips

Vegetarian. Replace the sausage with rehydrated dried mushrooms and vegetable broth.

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Original Ecomely recipe.