Juha s Kislim Zeljem (Sauerkraut Soup)

Ingredients

• •2 cups sauerkraut, chopped fine
• •cups water
• •1 small onion, chopped fine
• •1 tablespoon bacon fat
• •½ tablespoon paprika
• •½ pound meat from sausages
• •1 tablespoon flour
• •2 tablespoons sour cream

Directions

1. 1Boil sauerkraut in water for about 45 minutes.
2. 2Drain, reserving stock. Brown onion in fat. Add paprika. Shape sausage meat into tiny balls and brown in fat with the onions and paprika. Remove from fat to boiling stock.
3. 3Stir flour into fat, thin with cup of stock. Cook, stirring, until thickened. Add rest of stock. Combine with sauerkraut. Heat to boiling and serve with 1 teaspoon of cream and each bowl.