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Sorrel soup is made from water or broth,
sorrel Sorrel (''Rumex acetosa''), also called common sorrel or garden sorrel, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Polygonaceae. Other names for sorrel include spinach dock and narrow-leaved dock ('dock' being a common name for the genus '' ...
leaves, and salt.Екатерина Авдеева. Ручная книга русской опытной хозяйки. СПб, 1842 Елена Молоховец. ''Подарок молодым хозяйкам''. 1-е издание, 1861, с. 65 Varieties of the same soup include
spinach Spinach (''Spinacia oleracea'') is a leafy green flowering plant native to central and western Asia. It is of the order Caryophyllales, family Amaranthaceae, subfamily Chenopodioideae. Its leaves are a common edible vegetable consumed either f ...
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garden orache ''Atriplex hortensis'', known as garden orache, red orache or simply orache (; also spelled orach), mountain spinach, French spinach, or arrach, is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae, amaranth family used as a leaf vegetable that was common ...
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chard Chard or Swiss chard (; ''Beta vulgaris'' subsp. ''vulgaris'', Cicla Group and Flavescens Group) is a green leafy vegetable. In the cultivars of the Flavescens Group, the leaf stalks are large and often prepared separately from the leaf blade; ...
, nettle, and occasionally dandelion,
goutweed ''Aegopodium podagraria'', commonly called ground elder, is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae that grows in shady places. The name "ground elder" comes from the superficial similarity of its leaves and flowers to those o ...
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ramsons ''Allium ursinum'', known as wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows's leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, Eurasian wild garlic or bear's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family Amary ...
, together with or instead of sorrel. It is known in
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cuisines. Its other English names, spelled variously schav, shchav, shav, or shtshav, are borrowed from the
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''szczaw''. The soups name comes ultimately from the Proto-Slavic ''ščаvь'' for sorrel. Due to its commonness as a soup in Eastern European cuisines, it is often called green borscht, as a cousin of the standard, reddish-purple beetroot borscht. In Russia, where
shchi Shchi ( rus, щи, p=ɕːi, a=Ru-щи.ogg) is a Russian-style cabbage soup. When sauerkraut is used instead, the soup is called sour shchi, while soups based on sorrel, spinach, nettle, and similar plants are called green shchi (russian: зел ...
(along with or rather than borscht) has been the staple soup, sorrel soup is also called green shchi.Щи
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/ref> In old Russian cookbooks it was called simply green soup. Sorrel soup usually includes further ingredients such as
egg yolk Among animals which produce eggs, the yolk (; also known as the vitellus) is the nutrient-bearing portion of the egg whose primary function is to supply food for the development of the embryo. Some types of egg contain no yolk, for example bec ...
s or whole eggs (hard-boiled or scrambled), potatoes, carrots, parsley root, and rice.Sorrel and Pork Soup (Green Borscht) Recipe
/ref> A variety of Ukrainian green borscht also includes beetroot. In Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Russian cuisines, sorrel soup may be prepared using any kind of broth instead of water. It is usually garnished with smetana, an Eastern European variety of sour cream. It may be served either hot or chilled. Sorrel soup is characterized by its sour taste due to
oxalic acid Oxalic acid is an organic acid with the systematic name ethanedioic acid and formula . It is the simplest dicarboxylic acid. It is a white crystalline solid that forms a colorless solution in water. Its name comes from the fact that early inve ...
(called "sorrel acid" in Slavic languages) present in sorrel. The "sorrel-sour" taste may disappear when sour cream is added, as the oxalic acid reacts with calcium and casein. Some may refer to sorrel flavor as "tannic," as with spinach or walnuts. File:Borscz zelenyj ukr.jpg, Green borscht with egg and sour cream File:Green borscht spinach smetana.jpg, Green borscht made with spinach instead of sorrel and with potatoes File:Борщ зелений.jpeg, Ukrainian green borscht including both sorrel and beetroot


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* List of Jewish cuisine dishes * List of Polish dishes *
List of Russian dishes This is a list of notable dishes found in Russian cuisine. Russian cuisine is a collection of the different cooking traditions of the Russian Empire. The cuisine is diverse, with Northeast European/Baltic, Caucasian, Central Asian, Siberian, East ...
* List of soups * List of cold soups * List of vegetable soups * Mulukhiyah *
Patriotic soup Patriotic soup (, Teochew :''hu gog chai'') is a vegetable soup originated by Teochew people. It was developed during the final year of China's Song dynasty as an improvisational dish. History According to the locals at the Guangdong Province, ...
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Spinach soup Spinach soup is a soup prepared using spinach as a primary ingredient. A common dish around the world, the soup can be prepared as a broth-based or cream-based soup, and the latter can be referred to as "cream of spinach soup." In China, a spin ...
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Watercress soup Watercress soup is a soup prepared using the leaf vegetable watercress as a primary ingredient. It may be prepared as a cream soup or as a broth/stock-based soup using vegetable or chicken stock. Additional ingredients used can include vegetables ...


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