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Kapuśniak Recipe Posted by on Dec 21, 2011 in Culture

Kapuśniak is a great dish for cold, winter days…

Here is how to make it:

Ingredients:

• 4 slices Bacon (chopped)

• 1 large Onion (chopped)

• 2 sliced celery sticks

• 4 Carrots (peeled & sliced)

• 2 large Potatoes (diced)

• 2 Garlic Cloves (minced)

• 1 small Cabbage (chopped)

• 910 g Pork Spare Ribs

• 1 meaty Ham Bone

• 455 g Sauerkraut

• 240 g Tomato Sauce

• 16 cups Beef Stock

• 1 tbsp Sweet Paprika spice

• 1 Bay Leaf

• 2 tbsp Sugar

• Chopped parsley

• Sour Cream (to garnish)

• Oil (as required)

Directions:

• Put pork ribs into a pot and cook on high flame. Add cooking oil, if required.

• Stir in bacon and cook until almost all the fat has been discharged.

• Add onion, celery, carrots, potatoes, and garlic in a separate pan and cook until the onions are slightly browned.

• Add cabbage and cook until tender.

• Add the pork ribs, ham bone, sauerkraut, tomato sauce, beef stock, paprika, bay leaf, and sugar. Stir well and bring to a boil. Cook on medium flame for 2 hours or until meat turns tender.

• Remove the ribs and ham bone from the soup and separate the meat from them.

• Cut the meat into small pieces and put back in the soup.

• Garnish with sour cream and little parsley on top.

• Serve hot

Smacznego!

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

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About the Author: Kasia

My name is Kasia Scontsas. I grew near Lublin, Poland and moved to Warsaw to study International Business. I have passion for languages: any languages! Currently I live in New Hampshire. I enjoy skiing, kayaking, biking and paddle boarding. My husband speaks a little Polish, but our daughters are fluent in it! I wanted to make sure that they can communicate with their Polish relatives in our native language. Teaching them Polish since they were born was the best thing I could have given them! I have been writing about learning Polish language and culture for Transparent Language’s Polish Blog since 2010.


Comments:

  1. Krysia:

    When you say to put the ribs in a pot and cook on high, adding oil if necessary….does that mean to be to brown the ribs?

    • Kasia:

      @Krysia Yes, this is exactly what I meant:)