Shchi; Russian Cabbage Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 liters lamb stock or 1 1/2 liters beef stock (made by simmering 300g/12 oz meat)
• 3 cups sauerkraut
• 1 small parsley root
• 1 small carrot
• 1 stalk celery
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 -3 bay leaves
• pepper
• 3 cups fresh shredded cabbage

Recipe

• 1 rinse the sauerkraut and drain it well.
• 2 simmer the sauerkraut in the stock for 30 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile, scrape or peel the parsley root and carrot, and chop or grate them finely, as well as the celery.
• 4 saute them in the butter until soft.
• 5 sprinkle with the flour, and stir in the tomato paste, bay leaves, salt& pepper.
• 6 cook a minute or two longer.
• 7 thin with a little of the soup.
• 8 add this mixture to the soup, along with the shredded cabbage and cooked meat.
• 9 simmer for another 15 minutes, or until the cabbage is tender.