Zupa szczawiowa
Polish sorrel soup is one of my top 3 best soups from childhood:) Sour and sweet, made of sorrel collected last summer and preserve in the jar for the rest of the season.
Ingredients
- 1 l/ 4 cups chicken stock
- 6 potatoes
- jar of sorrel
- 1/2 cup sweet cream
- salt, pepper
- 4 boiled eggs
Use prepared in advance chicken stock to save time: http://cookinpolish.com/chicken-stock/ . Pour chicken stock to the pot, add the same amount of water (or less if your chicken stock is not so concentrated), boil.
Add potatoes cut in cubes. Once potatoes are almost cooked, add sorrel and let it boil for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Add sweet cream- first mix cream with a plate of soup for hardening and then mix it with the rest of the soup. Let it boil for a second and take off from the fire.
Serve Polish sorrel soup with boiled eggs cut in halves or cut in cubes.
Smacznego!
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To substitute fresh sorrel how much is needed ? Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Hi Helena,
I would take a full handful of fresh sorrel, it shrinks while cooking. At the same time we need to remember not to put too much, because soup can get to sour.
Best!
Aleksandra
I guess that’s why my Babci called it sour grass soup! She always used fresh!!
That must be it <3
Sour Grass Soup is what it was called in my family also.
Where can you get sorrel
Should be available in jars in Polish stores, you can get also sorrel seeds online
Thank you for that info. I’ve never had the soup but will make it, however, I remember it growing in Poland and we use to pull some and eat it as kids.
You’re welcome:)
Bought sorrel seeds from Rare seeds, I also believe Baker seeds has them.
I buy sorrel at my farmers market.
Iv read all Comments and my way is,,,
Wild Sorrell, lightly fry, make a Rue with flour and sour cream, have a pot boiling with chicken stock, then add Sorrell then slowly add rue, add new potatoes then fresh Dill, there you have it!!!
I use sour cream instead of sweet cream. Never had it with hard boiled eggs.
Maybe you would like to check sorrel soup with hard boiled eggs, they suit here very good.
Hello,
I love this soup and have not had it for 4 years since my mom passed. My mom canned the sorrel in a jar, do i use the liquid in the jar to make this soup? the amount of stock you use is so small
So sorry to hear that!
I use concentrated stock, I add water to it. One need to use stock according to experience and stock used.
Yes, you use the liquid with sorrel, the whole jar.
My mother liked to start a stock with pork. Add the usual celery, carrots, onion. Add potatoes a d then copped sorrel. She used sour cream. Loved it with some rye bread.
Yes
I thought my mother used beef in the soup would that be correct? Trying to remember.
Anyone have a recipe for canning sorrel? And where sorrel is not available, is there a suitable substitute?