Czech Cabbage Soup

Ingredients

900 gr beef soup bones
120 gr onion
3 carrots
1 bay leaf
900 gr beef short ribs
2 gr thyme
1 gr paprika
1,900 ml water
700 gr cabbage
1 head
600 gr tomatoes
2 cans
6 gr salt
180 ml tabasco sauce
7 gr parsley
45 ml lemon juice
38 gr sugar
1 sauerkraut

Instructions

Place beef bones, onion, carrots, garlic and bay leaf in roasting pan. Top with short ribs; sprinkle with thyme and paprika. Roast, uncovered, in 450* oven for 20-30 minutes or until meat is brown. Transfer meat and vegetables into large kettle. Using a small amount of water, scrape browned meat bits from roasting pan into kettle. Add water, cabbage, tomatoes, salt and Tabasco. Bring to boil. Cover; simmer 1.5 hours. Skim off fat. Add parsley, lemon juice, sugar and sauerkraut. Cook, uncovered, for 1 hour. Remove bones and short ribs from kettle. Cool slightly; remove meat from bones. Cut meat into cubes; return to kettle. Cook 5 minutes longer. (From a Texas cook now unknown)