I just love solyanka, it's definitely my favorite soup.
How to cook solyanka quickly and tasty?
One of the advantages of this soup is that it does not require high culinary skills or long preparation. There are several simple cooking recipes. Let's consider one of the options that will allow you to feed a large company within 40 minutes.
To prepare hodgepodge for 6 servings you will need:
- - low-fat pork - 400 g.
- - raw smoked sausage - 150 g.
- - smoked ham (can be replaced with ham) - 150 g.
- - sausages - 2-4 pieces (depending on the desired thickness of the soup).
- - gherkins - 100 g.
- - olives or olives without bones - 100 g.
- - small potatoes - 2 pcs.
- - onions - 1 pc.
- - tomato sauce - 0.5 tbsp. l.
- - salt, spices as desired.
Total cooking time: 40 min - 1 hour.
Step-by-step recipe for making simple solyanka
1.Fill a large saucepan 2/3 full with water and bring to a boil. Place the pork, previously washed in running water, into the water. Add a little salt and leave to cook over medium heat for 30-40 minutes.
2. While the pork is ready, you need to process all the other ingredients. Cut the sausage into thin strips.
3. Cut the ham into strips approximately the same size as the sausage. Solyanka will be more pleasant both in appearance and taste if you adhere to a single form of components.
4. Cut the gherkins and potatoes in the same way.
5. Cut the sausages into small circles.
6. After the time allotted for cooking the meat has passed, remove the pork, cool and cut into small longitudinal pieces.
7. When all preparations are completed, you can begin to create the base of the soup.
In a hot frying pan, fry the pre-chopped onion with a tablespoon of tomato paste for 2-3 minutes.
Place potato strips into the meat broth and bring to a boil, then cook for 5-8 minutes.
8. Add overcooked potatoes, chopped meat products, olives and gherkins to the potatoes. If desired, add your favorite spices, pepper, aromatic herbs.
Bring to a boil and turn off the heat.
Cover the pan and leave for a few minutes.
You can serve solyanka with sour cream and fresh herbs and lemon. This soup will quench your ravenous appetite and will please the most picky gourmet!
It’s quite possible to feed a family in one hour if you don’t have anything prepared in advance.
Take it into service and bon appetit!
