Name: Hungarian Sauerkraut Soup
Ingredients: 1 pound sauerkraut, canned or fresh; 1/4 pound bacon; 1 sm onion finely chopped; 3/4 c tarhonya (egg barley); 1 tbs flour; 1 tsp paprika; 1/2 pound smoked sausage

Hungarian Sauerkraut Soup

Ingredients

1 pound sauerkraut, canned or fresh
1/4 pound bacon
1 sm onion finely chopped
3/4 c tarhonya (egg barley)
1 tbs flour
1 tsp paprika
1/2 pound smoked sausage

Instructions

Cook fresh kraut in its juice and 2 c water 1 hour or use canned directly. Dice bacon and fry, add onion and saute, add tarhonya stirring until browned. Sprinkle in flour and paprika saute 2-3 minutes. Add kraut and about 6 c liquid simmer 1/2 hour. Slice sausage about 1/4" lengths and add, simmer 10 minutes. Blend about 2 tbs soup into sour cream (1/4 c.) and add to soup. Salt to taste.