Chlodnik (Polish)

Name: Chlodnik (Polish)
Cuisine: Polish
Ingredients: 2 ozs. lean veal cut in small pieces cooked in water to cover.; 2 ozs. beets cooked until tender and crushed through a sieve. Keep the water in which they were cooked.; 2 ozs. lean veal cut in small pieces cooked in water to cover.; 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon pepper.; 1 cucumber peeled, seeds removed and very thinly sliced.; 10 prawns, can be replaced by 16 large shrimps,; 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon pepper.; 1 teaspoon powdered dill.; 10 prawns, can be replaced by 16 large shrimps,; 2 ozs. beets cooked until tender and crushed through a sieve. Keep the water in which they were cooked.; 1 teaspoon chives cut in very small lengths.; 2 cups sour heavy cream.; 6 hard-boiled eggs sliced.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Alice B Toklas Cookbook

By Alice B. Toklas

Published 1954

About

Ingredients

2 ozs. lean veal cut in small pieces cooked in water to cover.
2 ozs. beets cooked until tender and crushed through a sieve. Keep the

Europe
Poland
Gluten-free
Soup
Eastern Europe

Method

Add the cucumber to the beets and the water in which they were cooked, then the veal and its juice. Stir in the sour cream gradually, add the dill, salt and pepper, the chives, the prawns or the shrimps. Add the eggs carefully. Serve ice-cold.