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Vegetarian Borscht in a white bowl, garlic and rye bread

Borsht

This West Ukrainian version of lenten borscht, which is vegetable-based brothy soup with beets, slightly crunchy cabbage, mouthwatering garlic zing, and plenty of fresh dill has a neat secret trick to avoid potatoes being colored by beets. Intrigued?
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Course: Soup
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 6 people

Ingredients

  • 1 quart pot
  • 2 big potatoes
  • 1 big yellow onion
  • 1 big carrot
  • 1 big beetroot
  • 1 tin tomatoes

Instructions

  • Prepare your ingredients
    Ingredients for Borscht laying on a cutting board: one carrot, two potatoes, one beetroot, bunch of dill, one onion, tomatoes in their juice, four loaves of garlic, and quatter of iceberg cabbage
  • Peel and dice onions. Peel and grate carrots. Peel and dice potatoes. Peel and julienne beetroot. Put diced potatoes to the pot cover with water bring to boil. When comes to boil take off the foam.
  • Meanwhile, add 2 tbsp of olive oil to the pan add onions and fry on medium heat for 10 min or until soft and translucent. Add grated carrots and cook for 5 more min.
    Translucent onions in a frying pan
  • Add 1 tbsp of olive oil to another pan and add julienned beetroots. Add 1 tbsp of lemon juice*, mix well and cook on medium heat for 5 min.
  • Add tomatoes in their juices to the onion-carrots mix. Crush whole tomatoes to make the sauce even. Cook on medium heat for 15 min.
    Carrots onions and tomatoes in a frying pan
  • Add tomato sauce, beetroots, bay leaf, dried herbs and salt to the pot with potatoes. Mix well. Cook for 15 min. Meanwhile, Grate cabbage on a mandolin or use your fine knife skills and dice it thinly. Wash and dice dill. Peel the garlic. After 15 min, add cabbage, dill, and squeezed garlic to borsht bring to boil. Cook for 1 min and take off the heat.
  • Let stand for at least 15 min to let the ingredients mingle. Bon Appétit!

Notes

*The trick of keeping potatoes untouched by beets is done by adding lemon juice while cooking the beetroots. 
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