Sour Shchi of Fresh Cabbage

Ingredients

• 2 1/2-3 funt beef
• 2 bay leaf
• 2 onion
• 1 head fresh cabbage
• 8 grains allspice
• 10 wild sour apples
• 1/2 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp flour
• 1/2-1 stakan sour cream

Instructions

1. Cook and strain a beef broth with onion, bay and pepper; cook sour apples separately.
2. Add salted, wrung shredded fresh cabbage to the broth; season with the apple kvass.
3. Thicken with an onion-flour roux, boil, and optionally add sour cream.