Red cabbage soup with beef

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 40 g clarified butter
• 100 g bacon, streaky, smoked
• 2 slice(s) beef , (leg slices)
• 1 bunch of soup vegetables
• 1 large onion(s)
• 1 kg red cabbage, finely chopped
• 1 ½ liters vegetable broth
• 1 tsp, heaped peppercorns
• 1 tsp, heaped juniper berries
• 3 bay leaves
• Salt
• 6 tbsp vinegar, more if desired
• 1 cup crème fraîche
• some sugar

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 25 minutes

Finely dice the bacon, fry in the hot clarified butter, and remove. Finely chop the vegetables, quarter the onion, and fry both in the fat with the meat. Add the cabbage and top up with the stock. Place the pepper, juniper berries, and bay leaves in a spice sieve or spice bag and add to the soup. Cook everything over medium heat for about 1.5 hours. Remove the meat, remove from the bone, dice, and return to the soup. Season to taste with salt, vinegar, and sugar. Ladle into bowls, place a dollop of crème fraîche in the center of each bowl, and sprinkle with the fried bacon.