The Secret Ingredient for Okroshka: How to Turn a Summer Soup into a Real Delicacy

Okroshka has taken a firm place on the summer table of Russians, along with cold soup.

Every housewife has her own recipe for making a delicious soup that is ideal for the summer heat.

Culinary expert of HERE NEWS, cook and fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova is ready to share with you her culinary life hack on how to make okroshka even tastier.

The Secret Ingredient for Okroshka

To prepare a delicious summer soup you will need:

• 3 potatoes;
• 3 chicken eggs;
• 3 medium sized cucumbers;
• 5-6 radishes;
• boiled sausage (about 250 g);
• half a teaspoon of salt;
• a pinch of ground black pepper;
• greens (dill, parsley, green onions);
• kvass;
• The secret ingredient is a tablespoon of mustard.

Boil the eggs for 7 minutes, boil the potatoes in their skins until done.

Cut the radishes and cucumbers, chop the greens, and put them in a saucepan. Add the chopped sausage, eggs, and potatoes, salt, and pepper.

Add a little kvass to a tablespoon of mustard and mix thoroughly until the mustard dissolves.

To serve one portion, you will need about a third of the resulting mixture and mustard dissolved in kvass. The dish is poured with kvass and served cold, seasoned with sour cream.

Earlier we wrote about what soup, besides okroshka and cold soup, can be prepared in hot weather.