Solyanka with potatoes

12 servings

210 minutes

Solanka with potatoes is a bright and rich dish of Russian cuisine that embodies traditions and a variety of flavors. Its history goes back centuries when peasants and merchants created hearty soups from available ingredients. This solanka combines tender meat, aromatic sausage, pickles, and tomato paste to create a harmony of sour, salty, and spicy flavors. Potatoes make the dish more filling while olives add an exquisite touch. Solanka not only warms but is also perfect for family gatherings and celebrations. It should be served hot with herbs and sour cream to highlight its rich taste. After a short infusion, its aroma becomes even deeper, filling the home with coziness and warmth.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 248.4
• Proteins: 14.2g
• Fats: 17g
• Carbohydrates: 10.5g

Ingredients

• Beef with bones: 500 g
• Water: 4 l
• Onion: 2 head
• Carrot: 1 pc
• Boiled sausage: 200 g
• Krakow sausage: 200 g
• Potato: 400 g
• Pickles: 100 g
• Cucumber pickle: 50 ml
• Olive: 50 g
• Tomato paste: 70 g
• Bay leaf: 1 pc
• Allspice peas: 3 pc
• Vegetable oil: 30 ml
• Salt: to taste
• Ground black pepper: to taste
• Green: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Prepare all the ingredients.

2. Place beef in a pot of water, bring to a boil, reduce heat, and skim off the foam.

   Required ingredients:

   • Beef with bones: 500 g
   • Water: 4 l

3. Add the halved onion and carrot, bay leaf, and allspice. Boil at a gentle simmer for 1.5–2 hours.

   Required ingredients:

   • Onion: 2 heads
   • Carrot: 1 piece
   • Bay leaf: 1 piece
   • Allspice peas: 3 pieces

4. Dice the remaining onion and cucumber into small cubes.

   Required ingredients:

   • Onion: 2 heads
   • Pickles: 100 g

5. Heat vegetable oil in a pan and sauté the onion until translucent.

   Required ingredients:

   • Vegetable oil: 30 ml

6. Add cucumbers and tomato paste to the pan, fry while stirring for another 3 minutes.

   Required ingredients:

   • Pickles: 100 g
   • Tomato paste: 70 g

7. Peel the potatoes and cut them into thick sticks.

   Required ingredients:

   • Potato: 400 g

8. Strain the broth, return it to the heat, and add the potatoes. Cook for 5 minutes.

   Required ingredients:

   • Potato: 400 g

9. Finely chop the meat from the broth, cut the boiled sausage into strips, and slice the Krakow sausage into thin half-rings.

   Required ingredients:

   • Beef with bones: 500 g
   • Boiled sausage: 200 g
   • Krakow sausage: 200 g

10. Add all the chopped meat products, sauté, and brine to the broth. Cook for another 5 minutes or until the potatoes are done.

    Required ingredients:

    • Cucumber pickle: 50 ml

11. At the end, add olives, season with salt and pepper to taste, remove the soup from heat, and let it steep for 30 minutes.

    Required ingredients:

    • Olive: 50 g
    • Salt:  to taste
    • Ground black pepper:  to taste

12. Serve the solyanka garnished with greens.

    Required ingredients:

    • Green:  to taste