Recipes · Slovak · Soups and Broths
Kapustnica (Slovak Christmas Sauerkraut Soup)
One serving has 414 kcal and 17 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of copper (76%), vitamin C (54%), pyridoxine (50%), vitamin K (39%), phosphorus (38%) and selenium (38%). Ready in 140 minutes.
- Preparation: 30 min
- Cooking: 110 min
- Makes: 1 serving (672 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Contains: beef, dairy, gluten, pork
Ingredients
- 200 g Sauerkraut, with its juice
- 300 g Water
- 40 g Smoked pork (ribs or knuckle), weighed without bone
- 35 g Smoked sausage (klobása)
- 4 g Dried mushrooms (porcini)
- 12 g Prunes
- 40 g Onion
- 6 g Lard
- 6 g Flour, all-purpose
- 1.5 g Sweet paprika
- 2 g Garlic
- 0.3 g Caraway seeds
- 0.1 g Bay leaf
- 0.2 g Allspice
- 0.1 g Black pepper
- 25 g Sour cream
Method
- Rinse the dried mushrooms, cover them with a little hot water and leave them to soak for 30 minutes.
- Put the smoked pork in a large pot with the water, the bay leaf, the allspice and the pepper, bring it to the boil and simmer gently for 1 hour, until the meat comes away from the bone. Lift it out, pull the meat off the bone in bite-sized pieces and keep the broth.
- Chop the sauerkraut roughly if the strands are long and add it to the broth with its juice and the caraway. Slice the mushrooms and add them with their soaking water, poured off carefully so any grit stays behind. Halve the prunes, add them and simmer for 30 minutes, until the sauerkraut is soft.
- Slice the sausage into rounds and add it to the pot with the pork. Simmer for 10 minutes more.
- Fry the finely chopped onion in the lard for 6-8 minutes until golden, sprinkle in the flour and stir for 1-2 minutes. Take the pan off the heat, stir in the paprika, then whisk in a ladle of the soup until smooth.
- Stir this into the pot with the crushed garlic and simmer for 10 minutes, until the soup is slightly thickened. It should taste sour, smoky and a little sweet from the prunes; the sauerkraut and the meats bring the salt.
- Serve hot, with a spoonful of sour cream in each bowl. Kapustnica is the soup of Slovak Christmas Eve, and it is even better the next day.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 414 kcal | 20% |
| Carbohydrates | 32.1 g | |
| Water | 589 mL | |
| Fiber | 8.7 g | 29% |
| Protein | 17 g | 35% |
| Tryptophan | 0.17 g | |
| Threonine | 0.67 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.69 g | |
| Leucine | 1.2 g | |
| Lysine | 1.2 g | |
| Methionine | 0.36 g | |
| Cystine | 0.2 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.65 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.51 g | |
| Valine | 0.8 g | |
| Histidine | 0.59 g | |
| Fat | 25.9 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 9.9 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 3.6 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 3.1 g | |
| Saturated | 9.7 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.31 g | |
| Cholesterol | 66.2 mg | |
| Calcium | 132 mg | 13% |
| Copper | 0.68 mg | 76% |
| Iron | 4.6 mg | 26% |
| Magnesium | 64.4 mg | 21% |
| Manganese | 0.6 mg | 33% |
| Phosphorus | 263 mg | 38% |
| Potassium | 847 mg | 18% |
| Selenium | 21 µg | 38% |
| Sodium | 1,997 mg | |
| Zinc | 2.4 mg | 30% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.37 mg | 34% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.36 mg | 33% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 5.3 mg | 38% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1.8 mg | 36% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.65 mg | 50% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 76.5 µg | 19% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.51 µg | 21% |
| Choline | 88 mg | 21% |
| Vitamin A | 78.7 µg | 11% |
| Vitamin C | 40.3 mg | 54% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 22.8 IU | 4% |
| Vitamin E | 1.2 mg | 8% |
| Vitamin K | 35.2 µg | 39% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.9 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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