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Okroshka (beef stock)
A cold summer soup with the same diced garden of potatoes, cucumber, radish, eggs, and meats — but poured with chilled, lightly soured beef stock instead of kvas.
total5h 12mactive labor1h 31mservings4steps19
- 01Preheat oven to 220°CBeef stockpassive10m@ 0m → 10m
- 02Rough-chop onion, carrot, celeryBeef stockactive8m@ 0m → 8m
- 03Rinse and pat dry the bonesBeef stockcriticalactive5m@ 8m → 13m
- 04Roast bones until deep brownBeef stockcriticalpassive40m@ 13m → 53mdeps: preheat, prep-bones
- 05Hard-boil eggssemi-active10m@ 13m → 23m
- 06Boil potatoes in skinssemi-active25m@ 15m → 40m
- 07Dice boiled beefactive5m@ 17m → 22m
- 08Dice cucumber, radishes; chop green onion and dillactive10m@ 32m → 42m
- 09Cool potatoes and eggs in cold waterpassive10m@ 40m → 50mdeps: boil-potatoes, boil-eggs
- 10Deglaze pan, transfer to stockpot with aromaticsBeef stockcriticalactive6m@ 53m → 59mdeps: roast-bones, chop-aromatics
- 11Simmer gently with peppercorns and bay leafBeef stockcriticalsemi-active3h@ 59m → 3h 59mdeps: deglaze
- 12Peel and dice potatoes and eggsactive8m@ 1h 1m → 1h 9mdeps: cool
- 13Mash one yolk with mustard, salt, smetanaactive3m@ 1h 9m → 1h 12mdeps: peel-dice
- 14Combine all solids in a bowlactive3m@ 1h 16m → 1h 19mdeps: dice-veg, dice-meat, peel-dice, mash-yolk
- 15Strain through fine mesh, season lightlyBeef stockcriticalactive6m@ 3h 59m → 4h 5mdeps: simmer
- 16Prepare beef stockcriticalpassive0m@ 4h 5m → 4h 5mdeps: strain
- 17Chill stock thoroughly, skim fatcriticalpassive1h@ 4h 5m → 5h 5mdeps: stock
- 18Sharpen chilled stock with lemon juice, saltcriticalactive3m@ 5h 5m → 5h 8mdeps: chill-stock
- 19Ladle solids into bowls, pour over stockcriticalactive4m@ 5h 8m → 5h 12mdeps: combine, finish-stock