Herb used in Polish rosol (chicken soup)?

My grandmother makes rosol which is a favorite of mine but she uses a herb that she grows in her garden. She calls it 'maggie' but doesn't really know the real name of it. It has a bit of a celery smell to it but it is not celeriac. It is smaller. Does anyone know the name of it?? I'm desperate to find it. It gives the soup such an amazing flavor.

pietruszka

Maggi is a brand name which Poles often add to their broth. Parsley is what you are after :) (pietruszka)

~ soy sauce and it definitely doesn't go into the chicken soup

Yes it does :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggi

If its celery like, it might be por (leek)... Maybe you got the two things confused.

Quite right.


Some people might add that to soups after cooking but it isn't a common (or good) ingredient of rosół.


More likely to be pietruszka as Seanus said.

The leaves of pietruszka are flat-leaved parsley, the root (which looks like a parsnip but has a different taste) is called Hamburg Parsley and is not commonly used in English speaking countries but is an everyday ingredient in central and eastern Europe.

more likely you are confused... two totally different things...

i like to also add a bit of lubczyk... it gives a hint of yummy taste...

Hmm. This is from wikipedia:


also:


Mystery solved!

In English it is Lovage, used in the south of England to make a fruit cordial to add to gin.

interesting.. learn something everyday.. now, can you even find lovage here in the states?

Jonni, it might be a Silesian thing but Maggi is added to broth here but it may well be a matter of preference only and not so widespread. I tend to observe more important things in life :) Parsley definitely is.

The original Maggi seasoning was flavoured with lovage (lubczyk), and maybe some people refer to that herb using the Maggi trade name. Probably nowasaays in our fake-food era synthetic aromas are used to deceive the palate because it is cheaper (er, um, I mean -- cost-effective) and provides higher PROFITS!

We make rosol and we always use parsley--I think that is the standard here since other natural flavours are not readilly available.Here is a typical list of ingrediants that we use to make it.

1 bunch of Parsley
1 Hen
1 Onion
1 small Leek
2 Carrots
1/2 Celery root
2-3 sprigs green Celery
1/8 sweet cabbage rown here.

I also add garlic.

Wouldn't be the same without it. It fends off illness in the winter too.

I don't add onion or garlic, but add a kilo of beef, bay leaves, piment, pepper balls, juniper balls and salt. it's move savoury

yes:)


gotta try that. I like mine full of flavor, otherwise it is too sweet IMO.

You add a kilo of salt, Ksysia? ;) ;) A kilo of pepper balls is too many ;)

Bay leaves and piment are better in cabbage soup :)

I like the bay leaves in a lot of different soups. Chicken included.

yes - the onion and cabbage make it sweet.


bah! English lengłydż ;)

No...

you got it---cabbage soup has to have bay leaves for added flavour.It's the only way to have it.

I agree. Though a friend here in Poland is very emphatic that stews should have them and soups should not.

With cabbage soup, juniper berries work well - so does allspice which sees to be used a lot here.

It is lovage. My mum used use it 'rosół' it gives really nice smell and taste. (some people call it cellar's leaf ;-) (from what I saw they needs to be fresh)

try Kostka Rosołowa

how is that make rosół? rosół = chicken soup.. no beef


not the same tho as lovage


why?? if you use a hen already, there is no point in using bullion.

are you all making rosół or kapuśniak??

kapusta and czosnek in rosół? - no way...

It can be rosół z kury or with beef, rosół wołowy

In PL it's usually 'z kury', I prefer wołowy.

rosol is hen based.. beef is not rosol.. it's zupa wolowa or whatever.. not rosol

Check the packets of ready-made and restaurant menus; they all say rosół. In Russian, rasol just means stock - that is the derivation of the Polish word. In English Beef or Chicken Consomme.

Though rosół z kury comes to mind quicker in Poland than rosół wołowy, due to most easily available ingredients.

broth :)