Polish Żurek with White Sausage, Bacon and Potatoes
Polish fermented-rye soup with vegetable stock, smoked bacon, two kinds of sausage, potatoes and hard-boiled egg. Serves 4; the starter needs 4 to 5 days to ferment.
This version of żurek combines tangy rye starter with smoked bacon, fresh white sausage, smoked sausage, potatoes and marjoram. Polish recipes vary by region and household; this version uses vegetable stock and cooks the meats in the soup.
Method
- 01
Make the rye starter
Mix the whole rye flour with the lukewarm water. Stir in the crushed garlic, bay leaves and a few allspice berries. Cover and leave to ferment for 4 to 5 days, stirring once a day.
- 02
Brown the bacon and onion
Cook the smoked bacon in a pot over moderate heat for about 7 minutes. Add the chopped onion and sliced smoked sausage; sauté for a few minutes, until the onion is translucent and the sausage is heated through.
7 min - 03
Cook the sausages and potatoes
Pour the vegetable stock into the pot. Add the fresh white sausage whole and the potatoes. Cook for 20 minutes; then take out the sausage, slice it and return it to the soup.
20 min - 04
Add the starter and marjoram
Stir the rye starter well and add it gradually to the pot, stirring over low heat. Cook for about 4 minutes without letting it boil vigorously. Stir in the dried marjoram.
4 min - 05
Cook the eggs and serve
Boil the eggs for 10 minutes from the time the water starts to boil. Peel and halve them, then serve half an egg with each portion of hot żurek.
10 min
Ingredients
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