Slovak Christmas Soup

• 1 pound mushrooms
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 pound sauerkraut
• 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
• 2 tablespoons onions chopped
• 2 tablespoons flour, all-purpose
• 1 quart milk

1. Wash mushrooms well and cut up small.
2. Cook in 2 qts.
3. of water for 1/2 hour, then add sauerkraut and cook for another 15 minutes.
4. Melt in saucepan 2 tablespoons shortening, add flour, brown lightly and stir constantly while you pour in your milk and cook until smooth.
5. Add to the mushrooms and sauerkraut.
6. Fry onion in the tablespoon of butter, when lightly brown pour into soup.
7. Cook altogether for a minute and salt to taste.
8. Sprinkle paprika over all.

mushrooms, butter, sauerkraut, vegetable shortening, onions, flour, milk

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/slovak-christmas-soup-42662 (may not work)