Mixed Mushroom Solyanka

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    Four

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

  • About

This mushroom soup has strong overtones of pickle, typical of Russian-Jewish cuisine. To balance the seasoning, add a little pickle brine to taste instead of salt. Offer boiled potatoes on the side, to cut up and add as desired. The tart flavours of pickled cucumber, capers and lemon add extra bite to this rich soup.

Ingredients

  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 1.2 litres/2 pints/5 cups <

Method

  1. Put the onions in a large pan with 50 ml/2 fl oz/¼ cup of the stock. Cook, stirring occ