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Grandma Nedostup's Christmas Eve Soup (Kapustnica) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 pound of fresh mushrooms OR
3 ounces dried mushrooms (soaked overnight in 1 qart of water - use the liquid in the soup)
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
Soaking liquid from dried mushrooms or cooking liquid from fresh mushrooms and add additional liquid (water, chicken stock, vegetable stock, whatever you prefer) enough to equal 1 quart
Optional: Sauerkraut juice to taste, 1/2 cup of sauerkraut, or vinegar to taste.
Directions:
Directions:
If using the dried mushrooms, add enough water to cover and soak over night. If using fresh mushrooms, clean and cut the fresh mushrooms; cooked in about 1 quart of water.

Make a "zapraska" (roux) with 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon flour; saute until a golden brown. Be sure not to burn; this will brown quickly so stir constantly.

Slowly, while stirring, add the 1 quart of liquid (cooking liquid or soaking liquid) to the zapraska (roux).

Add the mushrooms in the soup along with the:
Sauerkraut juice to taste, 1/2 cup of sauerkraut, or vinegar to taste.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I like more mushrooms so I usually add more than the recipe requires.

 

 

 

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