Winter Soup Rozsolnyk

This soup is made in different parts of Eastern Europe in a variety of ways, but the single ingredient that unites them all is salted cucumbers. Rozsol means that squint-your-eyes, sour-and-sweet brine you get when salting cucumbers, so look for this type of gherkin in Polish and other Eastern European shops. The recipe was passed on to me by Sasha Sokalskaya, an Odesan female chef who rose to fame thanks to her love of gutsy, south Ukrainian flavors. When she told h