{"id":1816,"date":"2022-11-03T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fermxpert.com\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2022-11-01T22:55:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T21:55:29","slug":"sour-gherkin-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fermxpert.com\/en\/sour-gherkin-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Sour Gherkin Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s one of my favourite soups. Sour, warming, but at the same time not too filling, so there&#8217;s always space for a second course. And above all, delicious. This is what sour gherkin soup is like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[EN] Sour Gherkin Soup\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uKMqmBOYmwQ?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recipe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Makes 4 portions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1 L chicken broth<\/li><li>3-4 potatoes<\/li><li>1 carrot<\/li><li>1 jar sour gherkins (approx. 8 small or 5 medium sized gherkins)<\/li><li>sour cream<\/li><li>salt, pepper to taste<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grathe the carrot and the gherkins, roughly dice the potatoes. Pour the broth into a pot and boil. Add the carrot, potatoes and sour gherkins, season with salt and pepper. Simmer until all vegetables become soft (around half an hour; the carrot requires the most cooking time so it can be added 10 minutes earlier). Finally, taste and adjust for salt if needed. Serve with sour cream mixed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thesour gherkin sour can be prepared in multiple ways. The above recipe is possibly the simplest variant. I&#8217;ve come across a range of optional ingredients. One is the meat from the chicken used to make the broth. Another is barley groats. Both of these will make the soup more filling. A pinch of sugar, some lovage and dill may be added &#8211; these are used in the video. Sometimes, chopped spring onions are used. It&#8217;s also possible to go with fried finely chopped vegetables: onion, carrot, celeriac, leek. They&#8217;re used at the beginning of the simmer. Regular cream (ideally around 30% fat) can substitute sour cream. The soup can be thickened by mixing the cream with an egg yolk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video Transcription<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of my childhood&#8217;s soups that I remember fondly is the sour gherkin soup. Even though it&#8217;s simple to prepare and it&#8217;s not particularly filling, its taste is delicious. The full recipe with the ingredient amounts can be found on the blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s your favourite soup? Let me know in the comments!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make the soup, I&#8217;ll use only a few ingredients. Homemade sour gherkins are obviously going to be the most important. Besides them, I&#8217;ll use some carrot and potatoes. I&#8217;ll also need homemade chicken broth. I&#8217;ll use some homemade sour cream too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I start by peeling the potatoes. I also peel the carrot. I grate it. I roughly dice the potatoes. Finally, I grate the sour gherkins. They&#8217;re over a year old and they&#8217;ve already softened a bit, so I&#8217;m left with some hard to grate remains. I chop them with a knife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I place a pot on the stove. I pour the broth in and turn the hob on. I also add a bit of dried lovage. It&#8217;s an optional ingredient. Carrot goes in. I heat the broth until it boils and add the potatoes. I also add freshly ground black pepper and salt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a while, I also add grated sour gherkins. I also sprinkle some sugar in. It&#8217;s another optional ingredient. Its role is to gently balance the sourness. I boil the soup again and continue simmering it until the potatoes and the carrot become soft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before serving, I taste the soup for salt and adjust if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I&#8217;m done. I like to add the cream when serving, though it can also be added to the pot. I stir a small amount of soup into the cream to prevent it from boiling and curdling. Finally, I also garnish the soup with chopped dill &#8211; frozen in my case since I didn&#8217;t have fresh dill at hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aroma is out of this world. The taste is just as good. It&#8217;s complex. Sour, obviously, but mellowed out by the cream and with a clear umami undertone from the broth. It&#8217;s such a great soup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s one of my favourite soups. Sour, warming, but at the same time not too filling, so there&#8217;s always space for a second course. And above all, delicious. This is what sour gherkin soup is like. 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