Borscht

Name: Borscht
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ukrainian
Ingredients: 500g beef short ribs or shin; 6 beetroot, peeled and julienned; 1/2 cabbage finely shredded; 3 carrots, grated; 3 potatoes, diced; 1 onion, diced; 3 tomatoes, diced; 3 tbsp red wine vinegar; 1 tsp sugar; 2L beef or vegetable stock; sour cream and fresh dill to serve

Ukrainian deep ruby beetroot soup with beef, cabbage and sour cream. Simmering the beef in the stock for a full hour before the vegetables go in builds a proper meaty base rather than tasting like plain vegetable soup.

Total time

110 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

90 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Ukrainian

Ingredients

500gbeef short ribs or shin

6beetroot, peeled and julienned

1/2 cabbagefinely shredded

3carrots, grated

3potatoes, diced

1onion, diced

3tomatoes, diced

3 tbspred wine vinegar

1 tspsugar

2Lbeef or vegetable stock

sour cream and fresh dillto serve

Instructions

Simmer beef in stock 1 hour. Remove, shred meat.

Add beetroot, carrot, onion and potato to stock.

Simmer 20 minutes.

Add cabbage and tomatoes.

Stir in vinegar and sugar.

Return shredded beef.

Season.

Serve topped with sour cream and dill.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

Protein

2.3g

Fat

0.4g

Carbs

17.1g

Fiber

Sodium

62mg

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