What comes first in cabbage soup
What kind of cabbage should you use to cook cabbage soup – fresh or pickled? Does it need to be simmered first? When to add potatoes and should you add them at all? What should the broth be like? What to season cabbage soup with?
Chef Andrey Makhov told the eda.ru portal about all this.
The basis of cabbage soup is rich meat broth. It can be made from beef, pork, lamb, with the addition of smoked meats or corned beef, but it should always be very rich, it needs to be cooked for at least 2–2.5 hours, because the meat should be well cooked and soft.
The second main ingredient is cabbage, fresh or pickled. In addition to cabbage, all kinds of roots were used – onions, parsley root, and to a lesser extent, celery and parsnips.
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