rassolnik
Sign in to saveRassolnik ( ) is a traditional Russian soup made from pickled cucumbers, pearl barley, and pork or beef kidneys. A vegetarian variant of rassolnik also exists, usually made during Lent. The dish is known to have existed as far back as the 15th century, when it was called kalya. Rassolnik became part of the common Soviet cuisine and today it is also popular in Ukraine (as rozsoljnyk) and Belarus (as rasoljnik). A similar dish is common in Poland, where it is known as zupa ogórkowa (literally 'cucumber soup').
Key facts
- Food.name
- Rassolnik
- Food.image
- Рассольник по-ленинградски.JPG
- Food.image_size
- 250px
- Food.country
- Russia
- Food.type
- Soup
- Food.served
- Hot
- Food.main_ingredient
- Pickled cucumbers, pearl barley, pork or beef kidneys
- Food.variations
- Vegetarian rassolnik, Leningrad rassolnik, Moscow rassolnik
- Food.similar_dish
- Solyanka, shchi, schavel borscht
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Russian cuisine
- Has part
- root vegetable
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Material used
- root vegetable
- Image
- Рассольник по-ленинградски.JPG
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- Commons category
- Rassolnik
- cuisine
- Russian cuisine
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- partially coincident with
- zupa ogórkowa
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Ingredients
- History
- See also
- References
Rassolnik ( ) is a traditional Russian soup made from pickled cucumbers, pearl barley, and pork or beef kidneys. A vegetarian variant of rassolnik also exists, usually made during Lent. The dish is known to have existed as far back as the 15th century, when it was called kalya. Rassolnik became part of the common Soviet cuisine and today it is also popular in Ukraine (as rozsoljnyk) and Belarus (as rasoljnik). A similar dish is common in Poland, where it is known as zupa ogórkowa (literally 'cucumber soup').
The key part of rassolnik is the rassol, a liquid based on the juice of pickled cucumbers with various other seasonings. It is a favourite hangover remedy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “rassolnik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.