Kasseler goulash soup with white cabbage

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 600 g smoked pork, roughly diced
• 500 g white cabbage, cut into wide strips
• 250 g mushrooms, quartered
• 2 onions, cut into strips
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• Clarified butter
• salt and pepper
• 3 tsp sweet paprika powder
• 2 tsp caraway seeds
• Sugar
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tbsp flour
• 2 tbsp vegetable broth
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 4 potatoes, diced

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 20 minutes

Heat the clarified butter in a large pot. Brown the meat until golden brown, remove, and set aside. Brown the mushrooms, onions, and garlic in the frying fat. Add the cabbage and sauté until slightly reduced. Season with salt, pepper, caraway seeds, and paprika. Add the potatoes and stir. Stir in the tomato paste and sauté. Dust with flour and sauté again. Bring 1.25-1.5 liters of water to a boil in a kettle and stir in the vegetable stock. Pour the vegetable stock into the pot. Add the meat, bring to a boil, and simmer covered for 30 minutes. Season again with salt and pepper. Add a pinch of sugar. Carefully add the vinegar.