Cabbage Soup with Smoked Pork Belly

Ingredients

• 200 g smoked pork belly
• 500 g cabbage
• 2 carrots
• 2 potatoes
• 1 yellow onion
• 1 tbsp butter
• 2 tsp syrup
• 10 allspice berries
• 1 bay leaf
• 15 dl vegetable broth
• some salt
• some pepper

Instructions

1. 1.
   Cut smoked pork belly into small pieces.
2. 2.
   Trim and cut cabbage into 2 cm pieces. Peel and dice carrots , potatoes and yellow onion .
3. 3.
   In a pot , fry the pork belly pieces until they release fat and begin to crisp.
4. 4.
   Add cabbage and onion to the pot with the pork belly and butter . Brown until they get some color. Drizzle syrup over and cook for another minute.
5. 5.
   Add carrot and potato cubes, allspice berries , bay leaf and vegetable broth .
6. 6.
   Simmer for 30 minutes .
7. 7.
   Season with salt and pepper to taste.
8. 8.
   Serve with bread.