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Somma or Krut Borscht
Photo: Sam Loyd

Somma or Krut Borscht

13 ingredients 9 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

554
Calories
50g
Protein
15g
Fat
54g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Yogurt 170g plain Greek 100
Green Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Dill 5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Sorrel not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

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  • 10 cups water
  • 3 pieces of farmer sausage, 6 inch pieces (or more)
  • 1/2 cup chopped green onion tops
  • 2 cups chopped fresh sorrel
  • 1/3 cup fresh dill sprigs
  • 3-4 medium potatoes, diced
  • 3 sprigs parsley
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 8 peppercorns
  • salt
  • sour cream
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Directions

1

To the water in a large soup pot, add the farmer sausage and cook for about 1 hour: this makes your soup stock.

2

Remove the pieces of sausage and let cool, then remove the casing and cut up into bit size pieces.

3

Add potatoes, onion greens, dill green, parsley, sorrel, bay leaf and peppercorns (in a spice bag or container) to the stock.

4

Cook this until potatoes are done.

5

Add the farmer sausage pieces back into the soup.

6

Add salt to taste.

7

Serve hot with heaping tablespoon of sour cream in each serving.

8

Good served with fresh homemade brown bread.

9

The farmer sausage can be substituted with a smoked ham hock.

Recipe sourced from fandom

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