Peel and dice the potatoes, shred the cabbage, fold in the cauldron.

Next add the meat (from the broth), chopped bell pepper and prunes.

Onion (cut into cubes), carrots and beets (grated) fried in sunflower oil until it will turn brown, add the tomato juice, saute 2 minutes and send in the cauldron.

At the end of cooking the soup I "pushed". That was always my late grandmother. This is one of the most vivid memories of my childhood. Her soup was the most delicious I with any other scheme. Now just cook the soup and mom, I do. That is to say, this technology is passed from generation to generation:) so, take the bacon, garlic, finely cut them, then start to cut with a knife, mix and chop again. It is necessary to achieve a paste (see photo I tried to show consistency) and send this fragrant "the potato masher" into the cauldron.

Knead yeast dough, let it rise, punch down, roll out and shape our future cap. Grease with egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

My dad loves this soup, even made a special jail for the cover (see photo) so that the dough does not SAG and does not fall into soup. Before that my mom did purified from the bark of the twigs. At home, I did the matches for the fireplace. In General, there is a place for rampant imagination :)

Put to heat up the oven to 180 degrees. Add in our future soup broth, sent to the cauldron on the stove and bring to a boil. Salt, pepper to taste, add favorite herbs, herbs if you need sugar. Cover kettle grill.

Placed on top of our cover and sent the soup in the oven, where he will spend 1 hour.

And this is the delicious result of our labors. The cover is soft inside and crispy outside, vkupna... My son, after I tried it the next day asked, "Mom, can we do even just the cover?..." :) The soup is very rich and flavorful, with a slight smell of smoke from the prunes (my men smoked plum themselves - so the soup I wanted, and the store smoked there) :)

Help yourself, my dear! Believe me, in a cold and cloudy day a plate of this soup, as my father-in-law - what you need! Pleasant to you of appetite, warmth and peace to your home!