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Kapoustnik Belorussky (Byelorussian sauerkraut soup)

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 liter mushroom broth
  • 400 grams sauerkraut
  • 1 onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 300 grams boiled mushrooms
  • 1 teaspoon flour
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon plum jam
  • 8 potatoes
  • 1 tablespoon fat
  • salt to taste

Directions

  1. Boil mushroom broth. When broth is ready, take mushrooms away. Stew sauerkraut.
  2. Chop onion and carrot finely and fry on a low heat until golden brown. Put in the pan. Cut potatoes in cubes and put in the broth with sauerkraut. Boil for 15 to 20 minutes.
  3. Fry flour on the dry pan for a couple minutes until light brown.
  4. Melt flour in 1/2 cup broth without lumps.
  5. Add chopped boiled mushrooms, plum jam, flour, sugar, salt to taste and let soup boil for 10 minutes. After that pour Kapoustnik in a pot and put it in the oven. Kapoustnik Belorussky is served with baked potatoes