Polish Sour Rye Soup made from Homemade Leven / Żurek na Zakwasie Domowym
With its distinctive sour flavor and hearty ingredients, this soup embodies the essence of Polish comfort food. Made with fermented rye flour and enriched with kiełbasa, many other smoked meats and aromatic spices, it’s a culinary delight worth exploring. Addition of a hard boiled egg on the top makes it look great and the taste is beyond belief.
Servings: 10 Servings
Calories: 956kcal
Ingredients
Ingredients for the stock:
- 3 liters water
- 100 grams celery root
- 2 medium carrots
- 1 medium parsley root
- 1/4 leek 1/4 leek
- Few dried mushrooms
- 2 bay leaves3 grains allspice2 cloves garlic1 pinch salt to taste1 pinch black ground pepper to taste
- 3 grains allspice
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 pinch salt to taste
- 1 pinch black ground pepper to taste
Additions to Zurek: (Meats and Spices )
- 200 grams smoked pork ribs
- 300 grams white Polish sausage
- 200 grams smoked Polish sausage
- 150 smoked bacon
- 150 grams smoked pork butt
- 4-5 medium potatoes
- 2 medium yellow onions
- 1 teaspoon fresh horseradish (optional)
- 2 teaspoons dried marjoram
- 750 ml leaven
- 6 hard boiled eggs
- 50 ml half and half (optional)
Instructions
- Pour water into the large pot, then place the white sausage and smoked ribs in the pot. Also add all the ingredients which say ingredients for the stock. Add diced potatoes to the water. Cook for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding more water if necessary.
- In the meantime, cut the remaining meats and onion into small pieces and lightly fry in a pan until golden brown. Add onion and meat to the boiling sour soup.
- Add the sourdough starter to the boiling sour soup, and after a while add half and half if needed.
- Hard boil the eggs.
- Add marjoram and mix all very well.
- Taste the żurek soup and see if it tastes good. If necessary, you can add more of your favorite spices to the dish.
- Place the eggs on a plate and pour the sour soup over them. Before serving, decorate the dish with chopped parsley and/or dill dill. Enjoy your meal!
Notes
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings: 10 | |
| Amount per serving | |
| Calories | 956 |
| % Daily Value* | |
| Total Fat 68.4g | 88% |
| Saturated Fat 35.6g | 178% |
| Cholesterol 434mg | 145% |
| Sodium 935mg | 41% |
| Total Carbohydrate 50.6g | 18% |
| Dietary Fiber 10.9g | 39% |
| Total Sugars 9.7g | |
| Protein 41.3g | |
| Vitamin D 21mcg | 105% |
| Calcium 887mg | 68% |
| Iron 21mg | 119% |
| Potassium 1391mg | 30% |
| *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calorie per day is used for general nutrition advice. This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note; changing anything will cause the nutritional information to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only. Your likes and subscriptions to my channel are much appreciated and would help me tremendously while still paying for my school and my son's aviation school. Thank you all. | |