Czarnina

Ingredients

some parsley
1 1/2 spare ribs
1 stalk celery
1 onion
4 allspice buds
3 peppers
10 prunes
15 cherries
16 gr flour
240 ml sweet cream
4 gr sugar
120 ml vinegar

Instructions

Put vinegar into glass or crockery bowl (not metal) and into this catch the blood when killing the duck or goose and stir to avoid coagulation. Fresh pigs blood may also be used. Cover the fowl trimmings and spare ribs with water, bring to a boil and skim. Put spices, celery, onion and parsley into a sack and add to soup. Cook slowly until meat is almost done, about 2 hours. Remove spice sack add fruit and cook for half hour more. Blend flour with half cup of the blood mixture, add 3 T soup stock, and pour into soup, stirring constantly. Add sugar and cream and bring to a boil. Serve with egg noodles or potato dumplings.