I consulted three cookbooks for this recipe of which one is taken from the “Velka Kucharka”(Big Cookbook) by Brabec – a favorite cookbook of my mom’s. “Velka kucharka” was written during deep communist times (1969) so the authenticity of this recipe is 100% guaranteed…
ZELNACKA
Ingredients:
- 7 0z. Sauerkraut
- 6 cups of water
- 2 potatoes, diced
- 2 tbs. of flour
- 1 onion,diced
- 4 slices of bacon
- Polish sausage (kielbasa)
- 5-10 white mushrooms, diced
- 1 tsp. Caraway seeds
- 1-2 tsp. Sweet paprika
- Saute finely diced bacon
- Add sliced Polish sausage, mushrooms and onion; saute for about 5 min.
- Sprinkle with flour and stir everything around
- Add drained sauerkraut, diced potatoes, caraway seeds and paprika and stir
- Add water, salt and cook until tender
- Optional: top with sour-cream before serving
- Don’t forget to serve it with a good (rustic) bread! That’s a key!!!
PS: Also, if after tasting the finished soup, you still feel like it needs something, try to add a little bit of the sauerkraut juice and a little bit of sugar (to balance the acidity out)
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Very good recipe. According to my Czech husband, it is very much tastes of home. I am a Canadian, and he enjoys my cooking, but sometimes gets nostalgic for his childhood favourites. I decided to scour the Internet for a good zelnacka recipe, and he really likes this one. He just recommended that I add a couple of bay leaves to it, like his grandmother does. ^_^
This is wonderful! I can’t emphasize enough how a good bread compliments this. I drain and rinse the sauerkraut, and add a bottle of beer to the chicken stock. Sometimes I put in a package of frozen vegetables if I have them on hand, and green beans go very well in this. Thanks so much for posting its history, although its a family recipe I had no idea where it had come from. Now knowing that we have Czech roots, its fun to think that it was handed down.
Hi Val,and you are very welcome! Do you use the water from the sauerkraut too?
I can’t wait to try your beer variation.
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