Kapustnica - slovak christmas soup

Name: Kapustnica - slovak christmas soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 700 ml sauerkraut; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 1 spiced dry sausage; 150 g ham; Handful of dried porcini, steeped in cold water; 1 clove garlic; 1 tablepsoon all-purpose flour; 2 tablepsoons vegetable oil; 1 tablepsoon powdered sweet paprika; 1 tablepsoon dark raisins or 1 tablepsoon prune jam; 2 l boiling water

Main Dish

Very Easy

50 min

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time35 min

In a large saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons oil and fry the chopped onion. Add flour and stir until well-blended.
Add paprika and immediately pour in the boiling water (or else the paprika would burn and become bitter). Stir and bring to a boil.
Add dried porcini, sausage and ham. Cook under a lid until ham and sausage are tender (10 to 20 minutes depending on size).
Take out the ham ans sausage when ready and set aside.
Add sauerkraut to the soup and cook under a lid until sauerkraut is tender, depending on type of sauerkraut.
We cooked ours for almost an hour, but if the sauerkraut was initially tender, it might be done in 15 minutes!
When the sauerkraut is almost ready, add grated garlic and prune jam. Check if you need to season the soup with salt.
Cut the cooked ham and sausage into pieces. Return them into saucepan and remove saucepan from heat.