Mushrooms and barley washed and soaked overnight. Then the mushrooms, re-rinse and boil 20-25 minutes. Then get them out of the broth and the broth filtered through cheesecloth. In this boil the barley.

While the barley cooks, prepare the vegetables. Potatoes, carrots and onions clean and cut into small pieces.

Mushrooms also finely chop and fry with onions and carrots. Approximately 25 minutes after the start of cooking the barley, add the potatoes. Even after 3-4 minutes add roasted mushrooms. Cook for another 7-8 minutes. Add the spices and seasonings. I have is a 3 Bay leaf, 5 peas of black pepper, dried garlic (or several cloves of fresh put), dried dill and parsley, a mix of root vegetables for the soup (parsnip, celery root, leeks). Cook for another 5-6 minutes. Salt, I always add at the end or in the plate - so less salt is required to achieve the desired taste.

As a Supplement, fasting for husband I have here are sausages smoked bacon. You can take sausages or smoked sausage, sausage. Finely chop and add directly to the soup.

The soup is ready! Allow to infuse for 20 minutes and poured into plates. I run it lean with mayonnaise and lots of fresh greens - parsley. Black bread is very tasty!

For my husband the soup add the sausages in the dish. Even sprinkle finely chopped clove of garlic (if sausage is not very spicy). Very tasty, has a bit of sugar pickles.

Here is a close-up of sausages on the plate.

Well, my plate I a lot of green. About variations of this soup. You can take barley instead of rice and cook it for 10 minutes less. You can take the noodles a little (to add flavor) or a long, buckwheat, for example (her - along with mushrooms). That's it! Bon appetit!