Title: Okroshka
Categories: Soup Leftover Russian
Yield: 6 Servings

1	c	Meat, cooked
1		Cucumber
2		Eggs, hard-boiled
3		Onions, green
1	ts	Sugar
2	ts	Dijon mustard
1/2	c	Sour cream
4	c	Apple cider

This chilled meat and vegetable soup is a popular Russian dish. It's served with ice cubes in it. Since there's no substitute for Russian Kvass, a fermented and slightly alcoholic liquid made from grain, the ingredients in this recipe will have to do.

You may substitute 3 c beef stock and 1 c white wine for the apple cider.

Dice meat. Peel and dice cucumber and eggs. Slice green onions. Combine first 4 ingredients. Mix together sugar, mustard, sour cream, and cider, and beat well. Add beef mixture and chill. Serve sprinkled with dill.

Sylvia's notes: I used apple juice and leftover corned beef, and it was wonderful. Absolutely addictive.

MM by Sylvia Steiger, GEnie THE.STEIGERS, CI$ 71511,2253, GT Cookbook echo moderator at net/node 004/005, Internet sylvia.steiger@lunatic.com

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