The origin of Luo Songtang:
The word "Luo Song" is a transliteration of "Russia" and refers to Russian style. During the October Revolution, a large number of Russians moved to Shanghai. They brought vodka and Russian-style western food. The first western food club in Shanghai was opened by Russians. This soup evolved from Russian-style red cabbage soup. Russian-style red vegetable soup, hot and sour, more sour than sweet. Shanghai people are not used to it. Later, influenced by the purchased raw materials and local tastes, Luo Songtang with unique Shanghai characteristics was gradually formed, which was sweet in acid, fragrant in sweetness, fat but not greasy, fresh, smooth and refreshing.
This kind of Shanghai-style Luo Songtang is not only eaten when eating western food, but also common in schools, units, families and Chinese restaurants. Over time, this soup has formed various schools and branches in Shanghai, among which the most representative ones are "restaurant school", "canteen school" and "family school". Among them, the "Hotel School" represented by Huaihai Western Food Club, after being introduced to Luo Songtang in that year, has finally become a leading figure in Luo Songtang after several improvements and technical updates. Later, various western restaurants and even individual Chinese restaurants followed suit.
"Canteen School" is also called "Alley School". Soup is usually put in a big pot or a warm tea bucket, with no tomato sauce or only a little for coloring. Soup is often "clear soup and clear water", with only a few red sausages floating and tomatoes not peeled. Anyway, it's very different from western restaurants in Luo Songtang. Strangely, even this "tomato boiled water" tastes refreshing.
Up to now, many middle school students don't want to eat school meals, so they go to the school gate and spend one or two yuan to buy a bowl of this soup and add a piece of bread for lunch. People of "family school" have no chance to learn the cooking methods of western restaurants, and they don't want to degenerate like "canteen school". They can only explore various cooking methods by themselves, among which beef is the main substitute for sausages, and they are short of food.
Luo Songtang's method
Ingredients of the soup:
Beef brisket, potato, carrot, Chinese cabbage, cucumber, tomato, onion, celery (or China celery), coriander, tomato sauce, salt, sugar, star anise powder (pepper, pepper, star anise, etc. ).
Production method:
1. Cut the beef brisket into pieces, add cold water and bring to a boil, skim off the floating foam, and simmer on low heat until it is 60% rotten;
2. Processing side dishes (potatoes, carrots, tomatoes-with knives, onions-horizontal silk, cabbage-horizontal diagonal silk, celery-3 fingers, cucumbers-oblique slices, coriander-chopped);
3. Add the side dishes into the soup according to the order of material hardness: carrot-potato-cabbage-tomato-celery-coriander, and change it to medium-low fire;
4. Take a small oil pan, stir-fry the onion, add salt and sugar, and put it on the soup pot;
5. Simmer in a small oil pan and add tomato sauce, salt, sugar and star anise powder (pepper, pepper, star anise, etc.). ), stir-fry until the tomato oil turns red and bright, and put it on the soup pot;
6. Simmer with a small medium fire, put on a plate (of course, it is best to put it in a glass bowl), and serve it in Luo Songtang.