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Polish sour rye soup built on a soured rye starter, simmered with smoky sausage and potatoes, finished with cream and halved boiled eggs — a tang no other soup quite reaches.
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For 2026-10-29
Polish sour rye soup built on a soured rye starter, simmered with smoky sausage and potatoes, finished with cream and halved boiled eggs — a tang no other soup quite reaches.
A deep beetroot soup on beef broth with cabbage and potatoes. The colour survives because the vinegar goes in with the beetroot, not into the pot at the end. Served hot with sour cream, dill and crushed garlic.
A semolina and coconut cake, scored into diamonds, baked until golden, and drenched in a rose-water sugar syrup the moment it leaves the oven so it soaks all the way through.