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Kapustnica

Name: Kapustnica
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Slovakia
Ingredients: 400g Sauerkraut; 200g (smoked) Sausage; 200g Pork Shoulder; 4 Shiitake mushrooms; 1 Onion; 4 Prunes; 1 tbsp Paprika; 2 Bay leaf; 1.5L Water; To taste Sour cream; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil; A pinch Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Soup

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Sauerkraut simmered with sausage and mushrooms — Slovakia's Christmas soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kapustnica is a Slovak soup built on sour sauerkraut, simmered with smoked sausage, pork, dried mushrooms, prunes, and more. It's essential at Christmas Eve dinner, and every family's ingredients and seasoning differ. On cold winter days it's also loved as a warming soup that's said to cure hangovers.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On Christmas Eve in a Slovak home, a steaming reddish soup is carried to a candlelit table as the family gathers quietly.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Sauerkraut 400g
Sausage 200g (smoked)
Pork Shoulder 200g
Shiitake mushrooms 4
Onion 1
Prunes 4
Paprika 1 tbsp
Bay leaf 2
Water 1.5L
Sour cream To taste
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp
Salt A pinch
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot and sauté the chopped onion and bite-sized pork.
Stir in the paprika, add the water, sauerkraut, and bay leaf, and simmer 40 minutes.
Add the sliced shiitake, sliced sausage, and prunes and simmer 30 more minutes.
Season with salt and pepper.
Ladle into bowls, top with sour cream, and serve with bread.

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