German

Soljanka (Sour Beef and Sausage Stew)

Name: Soljanka (Sour Beef and Sausage Stew)
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 lb beef chuck, cut into thin strips; 1 large onion, chopped; 3 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tsp sweet paprika; 6 oz smoked ham, diced; 6 oz smoked pork sausage, sliced; 3 dill pickles, diced; 1/4 cup pickle brine; 6 cups beef broth; 2 bay leaves; 1 lemon, sliced; 1/2 cup sour cream, for serving; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Annette @annette_muc

Soljanka (Sour Beef and Sausage Stew) is German home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

45 min Medium Low carb

Watch how to cook Soljanka (Sour Beef and Sausage Stew)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Soljanka (Sour Beef and Sausage Stew), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Blumenkohl mit Butterbroeseln (Cauliflower with Browned Butter Crumbs)
  
  25 min
What it is eaten with
- Bratkartoffeln (German Pan-Fried Potatoes)
  
  25 min
The sharp little thing
- Apfelmus (German Applesauce)
  
  20 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Soljanka (Sour Beef and Sausage Stew) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Soljanka (Sour Beef and Sausage Stew)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Backfisch (Pan-Fried Breaded Plaice)
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 540 kcal
Protein: 37 g
Carbs: 8 g
Fat: 40 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 2180 mg
Saturated fat: 15 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Soljanka (Sour Beef and Sausage Stew) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.