Cabbage Soup Ii

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 head of cabbage (medium to large)
• 1 large onions or 3 small onions, chopped
• 1/4-1/3 cup shallot, chopped
• 1 large green bell pepper, diced
• 1 can small tomato paste
• 8 cups water
• 3 -5 strips thick slab bacon
• 2 (12 ounce) bottles beer (not dark)
• 3 -5 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon sugar (large)
• salt
• fresh black pepper, ground

Recipe

• 1 * note: as an option, caraway seed may possibly be substituted and added if so, reduce or eliminate paprika and add 3 to 7 cloves finely chopped garlic .
• 2 core and coarsely chop cabbage. core and dice green bell pepper.
• 3 chop onions and shallots.
• 4 slice bacon in medium to small pieces and lightly fry in large dutch oven or stock pot leaving fat in pan.
• 5 remove and save bacon.
• 6 lightly saute onion and shallots to caramelize. add and emulsify paprika and cumin.
• 7 deglaze by adding beer.
• 8 add bay leafs and reduce by one half.
• 9 add cabbage and saute, stirring fr equently.
• 10 add bacon, water, sugar, salt and black pepper.
• 11 simmer, covered, one hour.
• 12 add and mix thoroughly tomato paste and diced green bell pepper.
• 13 simmer, covered, for 20 to 30 minutes.
• 14 serve with brown (pumpernickel) bread and butter.