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How To Make Hearty Borscht Soup

Hearty Borscht Soup Recipe. A hearty and healthy meal, especially for a winter's day. Relish our Hearty Borscht Soup recipe. Enlarge

How To Make Hearty Borscht Soup

Hearty Borscht Soup Recipe. A hearty and healthy meal, especially for a winter's day. Relish our Hearty Borscht Soup recipe.

Prep:
15m
Cook:
1h:30m
Total:
1h:45m
Serves:
Four

Step 1: You will need…

  • 500 g red beetroot
  • 2 large carrots
  • 1 turnip
  • 200 g white cabbage
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 garlic
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 7 1/2 cups (1880ml) bouillon
  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • salt, black pepper
  • 1 bouquet garni
  • sour cream to garnish
  • 1 sharp knife
  • 1 cutting board
  • 1 large saucepan with fitted lid
  • 1 wooden spoon

Step 2: Prepare the ingredients

Wash the vegetables thoroughly and chop them roughly into bite sized pieces.

Step 3: Prepare the condiment

If you are making your own bouquet garni, wash the parsley and dill and tie them into a bouquet.

Step 4: Get started

Melt the butter in a large saucepan and add the turnip, carrots and onion. Braise for about 10 minutes at a low temperature, letting the vegetables cook slowly.

Step 5: Add other ingredients

Add the beetroot, bouillon, vinegar, sugar, bay leaves and mix gently.

Step 6: Add the spices

Season the mixture with fresh black pepper and salt, to taste. Put in the garlic and stir once. Cover the pan with a tight fitting lid and let it simmer for 45 minutes.

Step 7: Finish cooking

Add the white cabbage and the bouquet garni and cover the pan again. Simmer for a further 30 minutes. Remove the bouquet and bay leaves before serving.

Step 8: Serving suggestions

Spoon the soup into deep bowls and add a generous dollop of sour cream.