Kapoustnik Belorussky (Byelorussian sauerkraut soup) recipe

Kapoustnik Belorussky (soup made of sauerkraut) is served with baked potatoes.

Ingredients:

1 quart mushroom broth
1 lb sauerkraut
1 ea onion
1 ea carrot
1/2 lb boiled mushrooms
1 tsp flour
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp plum jam
8 ea potatoes
1 tbsp fat
salt to taste

Method:
Boil mushroom broth. When broth is ready, take mushrooms away. Stew sauerkraut. 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 15-20 minutes. Fry flour on the dry pan for a couple minutes until light brown. Melt flour in 1/2 c broth without lumps. 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 in the oven to brew up. Kapoustnik Belorussky is served with baked potatoes.