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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.
French congolais — not the almond macaron, but a rustic coconut mound: whisked egg white and sugar folded through desiccated coconut and baked until the peaks turn deep gold.