Odessa borscht
Ingredients
Servings 8 servings- 2 carrots
- garlic - 4-5 cloves
- 2 tbsp. l. chopped parsley and dill
- bay leaf (small)
- sweet pepper - 2 red
- 1 kg beef brisket
- 4 medium potatoes
- 2 parsley roots
- vinegar - 0.5 tbsp. l.
- salt
- 2 large beets
- tomato paste
- 5–7 black peas
- 0.5 head (500 g) cabbage
- 150 g salted lard
- 2 bows
Cooking
Step 1
Wash the meat, put it in a large saucepan, pour 3 liters of water. Bring to a boil, remove the foam, salt. Add all peppercorns. Cook for 1.5–2 hours. Remove the finished meat from the broth, chop coarsely and return to the pan.
Step 2
Peel the beets, grate on a coarse grater. In a frying pan, melt 50 g of finely chopped bacon, add beets, pour in vinegar and 1-2 tbsp. l. broth. Simmer until beets are soft, 15-20 minutes. At the end, add tomato paste, mix.
Step 3
Cut potatoes into quarters. Remove the seeds from the sweet pepper, chop coarsely. Shred the cabbage. Add potatoes, cabbage and peppers to a saucepan with cooked meat and broth, after 5-10 minutes. - stewed beets. Peel carrots, onions, parsley root, finely chop, fry in lard, stirring (5-7 minutes), and also put in a saucepan. Continue to cook over low heat until the potatoes are cooked.
Step 4
In a mortar, crush the remaining finely chopped bacon, garlic and herbs into a homogeneous gruel. Put the resulting mixture into a saucepan with borscht, add bay leaf. Bring to a boil under the lid, remove from heat, let it brew for 10 minutes.
Step 5
Serve with sour cream and donuts rubbed with garlic. If desired, you can make the borscht spicier by dropping a hot pepper pod into the plate for a short while.