Pre-harvest soup that poor peasants once ate. From breakfast to dinner

In the past, people’s diet depended on seasonal products. The pre-harvest period was the most difficult period for them, because winter supplies were running out and there were no new ones yet. It was then that soups were mainly made from root vegetables, groats and potatoes. These dishes were filling, provided the most important nutrients and added energy.

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An example of such a soup is pre-harvest pochlapka – a dish from Podkarpaciewhich today is an element of traditional Polish cuisine. To cook it, you need simple ingredients available in stores all year round. Unlike poor peasants who ate this soup for breakfast, lunch and dinner, you can increase its calorie content, by cooking the broth with meat and adding nutritious groats or legumes. This way, it will be a delicious and filling dish for the whole family.

An important element of pre-harvest soup is cabbage, which makes it similar to traditional cabbage soup. Unlike it, however, fresh cabbage is used and lots of other vegetables are added. Finally, you can thicken the soup with a roux. To prepare a traditional splash you need::

• half a head of cabbage
• 500 g potatoes
• 3 carrots
• 2 parsley
• a quarter of celery
• 2 onions
• 2 tablespoons of tomato puree
• sun
• pepper

Roux:

• a spoonful of butter
• a spoonful of flour

How to prepare a pre-harvest splash?

1. Vegetables: peel cabbage, onion, carrot, parsley, celery and grate on large holes.
2. Add vegetables to 2 liters of water boiled in a pot and cook for 15 minutes.
3. Peel the potatoes and cut into cubes. Add to the vegetable broth and cook for 15 minutes.
4. Add tomato puree, salt and pepper to the broth.
5. Prepare the roux. Melt the butter in a pan and add the flour. Pour 2 ladles of soup over it and stir to remove any lumps. Then add the roux to the soup and cook for 5 minutes.

You can serve the pre-harvest soup with a slice of bread or enrich it with groats, canned beans or chickpeas.

Source: Terazgotuje.pl, kontakter.pl