Sour Rye Soup - Zurek - Recipe #85

Ingredients:

2 cups of Zakwas

300 g of white sausage (weisswurst)

350 g of smoked bacon

200 g of smoked ham

Eggs

bay leaf

all spice

few peppercorns

salt and pepper

1 tsp of marjoram

6 cups of water.

Hard boil the eggs.

Place the bacon in a large pot and add 6 cups of water. Add bay leaf, dried mushrooms, all spice and peppercorns. Cook for about 40 minutes.

Add white sausage and cook for another 10 minutes.

Take everything out of the stock. 

Cut the sausage and ham, if your bacon is nice then cut it as well.

Give a stir to the zakwas and add it to the stock. Bring it to boil. Add the meat and marjoram. Stir and check for seasoning. Cook for 10 more minutes

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