POLISH BORSCHT - UNCLE BILL'S STYLE
It took me many tries to come up with this tasty Borscht. This can be served with chunky ingredients or you may puree the borscht. This recipe is served as a broth and is very tasty.
Provided by William Uncle Bill
Categories Pork
Time 2h45m
Yield 12-14 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- In a large cooking pot, add spareribs, onion, bay leaf, allspice, black peppercorns, white vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, carrots, celery and cover with 6 cups of water or more if required to cover.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the spareribs are tender.
- In large saucepan, add scrubbed beets and cover with 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until beets are fork tender.
- Drain well and cover with cold water and let cool for 10 minutes.
- Peel and grate beets and set aside.
- In the meantime in a large saucepan, add potatoes and cover with 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain well, mash and set aside.
- When the spareribs are tender, remove from cooking pot and strip the meat off the bones and return meat to the cooking pot. Add the grated beets to pot.
- Remove bay leaf and discard.
- Puree the soup in batches in a food processor or blender and return to cooking pot.
- Strain the soup through a sieve and return to cooking pot, discarding any solids.
- In a large bowl, whisk together sour cream, whole milk and flour until blended.
- Add 2 cups of hot broth to the sour cream mixture slowly, and whisk continuously until well blended. Strain the mixture through a sieve into the cooking pot, stirring continuously; discard any solids.
- Heat the broth over medium heat to a gentle simmer, but do not allow to boil. Boiling could cause the sour cream mixture to curdle.
- Immediately remove from heat.
- Add some mashed potatoes into serving bowls, pour broth over and serve.
- Refrigerate any unused portions.
UNCLE BILL'S SIMPLE VEGETABLE BORSCHT
Make and share this Uncle Bill's Simple Vegetable Borscht recipe from Food.com.
Provided by William Uncle Bill
Categories Lemon
Time 1h5m
Yield 12-14 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- In a large frying pan, melt margarine over medium heat.
- Add chopped onions, grated carrots, diced green and red peppers and saute' for 5 minutes.
- Stir in green and red shredded cabbage, grated beet and saute' for 10 minutes or until vegetables are softened.
- Transfer sautéed vegetables to a large cooking pot.
- Add water, vegetable broth, cubed potatoes, tomato paste, chopped garlic, bay leaf, crushed peppercorns and bring to boil.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add cauliflower florets, chopped celery, diced apple, paprika, soy sauce, dill weed and lemon juice and simmer covered for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from heat.
- Remove and discard bay leaf.
- Adjust seasonings to taste.
- Let borscht sit for 15 minutes before serving.
- Refrigerate any unused portion.
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