Borscht - Russian beet soup |
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Borscht or borsch is a traditional Russian beet soup, which has a pleasant sweet-sour taste. This soup is incredibly nutritious, tasty and healthy so I made it a part of my cuisine.
Borscht can be prepared as a refreshing summer soup, with the addition of tomatoes and fresh herbs, or as a winter soup - warm and nourishing, with the addition of a teaspoon of sour cream.
This is a recipe that I took from Russian cuisine and adapted for a maximally tasty, nutritionally valuable soup, which can be prepared quickly.
Ingredients:
- 2 large beets
- ½ head of cabbage, finely sliced
- 5 medium potatoes, cubed
- 3 medium carrots, diced
- 2 tomatoes (optional), diced
- a handful of herbs (traditionally parsley and dill are used for borsh), finely chopped
- juice made of one lemon
- homemade sour cream (optional)
- 1 soupspoon of sugar
- 2 teaspoons of salt
Preparation:
Step 1
(Optional, if you have time and patience)
Peel one beet, cut it into small cubes and boil in a large pot with 3 liters of water until it becomes soft (this may take a while).
Step 2
Add cabbage, potatoes and carrots into the pot with beet. Cook, until the vegetables become soft.
(Prior to that you can fry carrots in oil. In this case add them to the soup later).
Step 3
Peel one beet, grate it and cover with 500 ml of boiling water. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes. If you did not apply the first step, then grate both beets.
Step 4
When the vegetables are cooked in a pot, put out the fire. Add the lemon juice, salt and sugar, tomatoes cut into small cubes and herbs.
Take a bowl where you left the beet and add only beet juice into the pot, using a small colander.
The remaining beet can be used for another dish, say, patties with beetroot.
Serving
When serving soup, add a small teaspoon of homemade sour cream into each plate. Enjoy!
Recipe variations
- Traditionally, instead of lemon juice, two tablespoons of berry jam, sour apple or sorrel leaves are added
- Instead of cabbage, during winter you can use sauerkraut. In this case, there is no need to add lemon juice
- You can also use other root vegetables - for example, parsley root.
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