Sour Shchi

Ingredients

• 3 funt beef
• 1 1/2 funt sour cabbage
• 3 dried mushrooms
• 1 onion
• 8 grains allspice
• 2 bay leaf
• 1/2 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp flour
• 1/2-1 stakan sour cream

Instructions

1. Cook and strain an unsalted white bouillon from beef breast (or with ham).
2. Prepare and fry the sour cabbage with onion; thicken with a mushroom-liquor roux.
3. Simmer an hour, adjust sourness with reserved juice and sour cream, and serve with the meat.