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Borscht (Ukrainian Beetroot Soup with Smoked Meat)

Name: Borscht (Ukrainian Beetroot Soup with Smoked Meat)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Canada
Ingredients: beetroot, grated 600 g; potato, diced 400 g; cabbage, shredded 300 g; carrot, diced 200 g; onion, chopped 200 g; garlic, minced 20 g; beef stock 1500 ml; sour cream 200 ml; red wine vinegar 40 ml; sugar 15 g; bay leaves 2 pieces; vegetable oil 50 ml; fine salt 8 g

A deep beetroot soup with cabbage, potato and a sour cream swirl.

80 minutes · 6 servings · Easy

Borscht travels the Ukrainian diaspora differently in every city it settles, and each version argues it is the correct one. What they share is the beet, and what each cook insists on is what goes beside it. The sour cream is not a garnish here; it is stirred in at the table to cool the bowl.

Ingredients

beetroot, grated600 g
potato, diced400 g
cabbage, shredded300 g
carrot, diced200 g
onion, chopped200 g
garlic, minced20 g
beef stock1500 ml
sour cream200 ml
red wine vinegar40 ml
sugar15 g
bay leaves2 pieces
vegetable oil50 ml
fine salt8 g

Directions

1
Sweat onion, carrot, garlic and beetroot 12 minutes until deep red.
2
Add stock, potato, cabbage, bay, vinegar, sugar and salt; simmer 45 minutes.
3
Serve with a swirl of sour cream.

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