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🍲 Hearty Soljanka with Meat and Pickles

510 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• beef goulash 600 g
• soup vegetables 1 bunch
• onions, yellow 2 pcs.
• pickles 100 g
• chorizo 100 g
• cabbage 0.25 pcs.
• oil 4 tbsp
• salt pinch
• pepper, black ground pinch
• rose paprika pinch
• tomato paste 3 tbsp
• sugar pinch
• bay leaves, dried 1 pcs.
• beef broth 1 L
• dill, fresh 20 g
• organic lemons 1 pcs.
• sour cream 4 tbsp

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the meat under running water and pat it dry with a kitchen towel.
2. 2. Wash the soup vegetables, peel them if necessary, and cut them into small cubes.
3. 3. Halve the onions, peel them, and chop them into coarse cubes as well.
4. 4. Drain the pickles and slice them.
5. 5. Remove the skin from the sausage and cut it into cubes.
6. 6. Wash the white cabbage, quarter it, remove the core, and cut it into cubes.
7. 7. Heat the oil in a large pot over high heat.
8. 8. Sear the meat for about 5 minutes.
9. 9. Remove the meat from the pot and season it with salt, pepper, and paprika.
10. 10. Bring the pot back to high heat.
11. 11. Sear the soup vegetables, onions, pickles, and white cabbage in the pan drippings for about 5 minutes.
12. 12. Add the tomato paste and roast it for about 2 minutes.
13. 13. Season the mixture with salt, pepper, and sugar.
14. 14. Return the meat and the bay leaf to the pot.
15. 15. Deglaze everything with broth.
16. 16. Place the lid on and simmer the soup over medium heat for about 1 hour until the meat is tender.
17. 17. Add the sausage during the last 10 minutes of cooking time.
18. 18. Wash the dill, shake it dry, and remove the coarse stems.
19. 19. Finely chop the dill.
20. 20. Wash the lemon and halve it.
21. 21. Squeeze the juice from the lemon.
22. 22. Season the soljanka to taste with lemon juice and additional spices.
23. 23. Serve the soup on plates.
24. 24. Add a spoonful of sour cream and some dill to each portion.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 510
• Protein: 35 g · Fett/Fat: 30 g · Carbs: 25 g