Ukrainian Borsch

Ukrainian Borsch Recipe:

1. Put 1 1/2 pounds lean beef in a soup kettle.
2. Add 1 pound lean fresh pork.
3. Add 1/2 pound smoked pork and 10 cups cold water.
4. Bring the water slowly to the boil.
5. Skim carefully.
6. Add 1 bay leaf, 8 peppercorns, 1 clove of garlic, a few sprigs of parsley, 1 carrot, 1 stalk of celery and 2 leeks.
7. Simmer, covered for 1 1/2 hours.
8. Cook 8 unpeeled beets in salted water for about 40 minute or until they are tender.
9. Peel and cut each beet into 8 segments.
10. Remove the meat from the soup.
11. Strain thew soup into a saucepan.
12. Add the cooked beets.
13. Add 1 cup shredded cabbage, 2 onions and 3 potatoes (all peeled, quartered and seeded)
14. Add 1 1/2 tablespoon tomato purée, 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1 teaspoon sugar and the meat.
15. Bring the soup to the boil.
16. Simmer it for 40 minutes.
17. Add 1/2 cup cooked navy beans and 4 thickly sliced frankfurters.
18. Continue to simmer for 20 minutes longer.
19. Thicken the soup with 1 tablespoon flour mixed to a paste with 1 tablespoon butter.
20. Add the liquid strained from the grated raw beet.
21. Correct the seasoning with salt.
22. Cut the meat into thick slices.
23. Place it in a soup tureen.
24. Pour the soup over the meat.

List of ingredients required:

• 1 1/2 pounds lean beef.
• 1 pound fresh lean pork.
• 1/2 pound smoked pork.
• Water.
• 1 bay leaf.
• 8 peppercorns.
• 1 clove of garlic.
• Parsley.
• 1 carrot.
• 1 stalk of celery.
• 2 leeks.
• 8 unpeeled beets.
• 1 cup shredded cabbage.
• 2 onions, peeled, quartered and seeded.
• 3 potatoes, peeled, quartered and seeded.
• 1 1/2 teaspoon tomato purée.
• 1 tablespoon vinegar.
• 1 teaspoon sugar.
• 1/2 cup cooked navy beans.
• 4 thickly sliced frankfurters.
• 1 tablespoon flour.
• 1 tablespoon butter.