Okroshka Russian Summer Soup
Okroshka (окро́шка) is a refreshing soup served cold. I call okroshka Russian summer soup because warm weather is the perfect time to serve it. We can make okroshka in two primary ways. For the first method we use kvass as the liquid instead of a traditional soup broth. In the second method we use kefir, a kind of drinkable yogurt, as the broth. I will dedicate another post to kefir itself; we’ve already explored making kvass. You can find both versions of the okroshka recipe at the end of this post . The preparation techniques and ingredients, save for the “broth,” remain nearly the identical.
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