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Black Soup (Czernina)
Also known as: Czernina
Polish duck-blood soup with homemade duck stock, dried fruit and egg noodles.
About Black Soup (Czernina)
Anna’s czernina follows her grandmother Stasia’s Polish duck-blood soup. Duck bones, neck and giblets supply the stock, with root vegetables, dried mushrooms and dried fruit forming the rest of the bowl.
Apples, pears, prunes and tart cherries give the broth its fruit character. Allspice, bay and pepper season the duck base, while vinegar accompanies the blood and sugar is an optional final adjustment.
The soup has a dark, chocolate-coloured broth with fruit and mushrooms. It is served hot over thin egg noodles, the accompaniment described in Anna’s family account.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Celery, Wheat (gluten), Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Black Soup (Czernina)
Anna’s Polish grandmother-style duck-blood czernina.
- Duck breast bones, neck and gibletsProtein
- CarrotsBase
- ParsnipBase
- LeekAromatic
- Celery rootAromatic
- Celery leavesAromatic
- OnionAromatic
- Whole peppercornsSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Whole allspiceSeasoning
- Bay leavesAromatic
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Dried mushroomsBase
- Dried applesBase
- PrunesBase
- Dried pearsBase
- Homemade canned tart cherriesBase
- Tart cherry juiceLiquid
- All-purpose flourBinder
- Duck bloodLiquid
- VinegarSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- SugarSweetener · Optional
- Thin egg noodlesAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Duck breast bones, neck and giblets: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader duck link; exact source stock parts49/72, not duck breast meat or a purchased stock.
- Carrots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Parsnip: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Leek: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Celery root: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Celery source-confirmed
- Celery leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Celery source-confirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Whole peppercorns: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Peppercorn colour/species unreported55.
- Whole allspice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Bay leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Required stock salt57; final adjustment75 as needed.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit stock58/73, fruit/mushroom soaking71 and cold slurry65/75; duck washing72 does not name medium.
- Dried mushrooms: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact mushroom species unreported.
- Dried apples: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Prunes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dried pears: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Homemade canned tart cherries: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader sour-cherry link for source homemade canned branch63; full canning formula unprovided.
- Tart cherry juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Separate named juice allocation in selected homemade branch63.
- All-purpose flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Broader flour candidate for explicitly all-purpose form.
- Duck blood: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source82 notes normally sold with vinegar, full prepared product formula unprovided.
- Vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Required blood mixing67/75; exact vinegar base unknown, source82 discusses additional vinegar.
- Sugar (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Final sweetness adjustment explicitly conditional75.
- Thin egg noodles: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed; Egg source-confirmed. Source43 selected over alternative dumplings77; full noodle formula unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Poland
- PolandCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Polish Cuisine
- Polish CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.