sig's Meat Soup (Ukraine)

• 750 grams or more of pork, beef or lamb with or without bones
• 1 unpeeled onion ( will be discarded)
• 2 washed carrots ( will be discarded)
• 1 whole head of smoked garlic (will be discarded)
• 2 washed stalks of celery ( will be discarded)
• 1 large chopped onion
• 750 grams or more any shopped meat
• 1 can hot dogs
• 12 black olives
• 4 chopped dill pickles or 12 silver skin pickled onions
• 2 peeled chopped tomatoes
• 4 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch fresh ground pepper
• 2 vegetable stock cubes
• 1 or two bay leaves
• 1 pinch dill

1. You can add about a handful Sauerkraut to the soup instead of the dill pickles or silverskin onions
2. In a large pot filled to about one third with cold water ( you can add a little more if you need to adjust) drop your meat, bring to boil and skim all the grey foam off.
3. Then add the whole unpeeled onion and garlic, carrots and cellery, simmer for at least an hour.
4. Remove the vegetable and bones and discard, remove meat and cut up and put straight back into stock.
5. Now add hot dogs.
6. In a pan brown the chopped onion and add tomato puree, mix and cook for a few minutes then add tomatoes, heat through.
7. .Add olives, pickles or a handful of sauerkraut and the onion /tomato mix to soup and simmer for 15 - 20 minutes, season with salt, pepper and dill

pork, onion, carrots, garlic, celery, onion, meat, hot dogs, black olives, dill pickles, tomatoes, tomato puree, salt, fresh ground pepper, vegetable stock cubes, bay leaves, dill

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/335694-sigs-meat-soup-ukraine (may not work)