Borscht
Borscht is a wonderfully vibrant beetroot soup, try the Hairy Bikers' simple version inspired by their travels around the Baltic sea.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 15驳/陆辞锄 butter
- 1 large carrot, diced
- 1 celery stick, diced
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 3 medium sized beetroots (around 450g/1lb unpeeled weight), peeled and diced
- 1 large waxy potato, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1陆 litres/2陆 pints good quality beef stock
- 陆 purple cabbage, finely shredded
- 2 tomatoes, skinned, cored and chopped
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
To serve
- sour cream
- 1 tbsp finely chopped dill
Method
Heat the vegetable oil and butter in a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan. Once melted add the carrot, celery and onion and cook gently for a few minutes. Add the beetroot, potato and garlic. Fry for a couple of minutes, until well coated and combined.
Add the stock and season with salt and black pepper. Bring to just below the boil and then simmer for 15 minutes.
Add the cabbage and tomatoes. Cover and leave to simmer for a further 20 minutes.
Serve the soup with dollops of sour cream and a sprinkling of dill.
Recipe Tips
This could easily be turned into a vegetarian dish, by using a mixture of vegetable stock and liquor from soaking dried mushrooms. You wouldn鈥檛 need much dried mushrooms, just around 15驳/陆辞锄 to add flavour, and they would just need to be finely chopped before adding to the soup at the same time as the cabbage.
