Russian Borscht

Chef PotPie's Note:

This is a meatless (not vegetarian) Borscht, and even my husband, who MUST have meat with every meal, loves this! Sometimes we make it in summer and serve it cold. It's very tasty! It came from a cookbook many years ago, but I can't remember which one. And I've changed it over the years and I do my own thing, there is no need to measure any of the veggies, it always turns out wonderful. So eyeball it! (Your food processor will come in mighty handy for shredding all these veggies!) Enjoy!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 2 cups shredded peeled beets
• 1 cup shredded carrot
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 3 (14 ounce) cans beef broth
• 2 cups coarsely chopped cabbage
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• sour cream, for doppling

Directions:

1. Cook beets, carrots and onion in the 3 cans beef broth for 20 minutes.
2. Add cabbage and butter, and cook uncovered for about 20 minutes.
3. Stir in lemon juice.
4. Now let it sit (but you don't have to), for an hour or so. Reheat or leave at temperature and serve with sour cream.
5. This is better the next day!

Reviews

[Not Linda]

Delicious!! I've made this 4-5 times now, following the recipe plus adding herbs (dill, thyme, oregano, cilantro -- fresh are best, but dried are great too) along with salt and pepper. My DH and ultra-picky kids love it. I've also taken it to a couple of "soup parties" where it has been a big hit. Thanks so much for posting!

[Joseph Johnson]

Excellent dish! This was my first attempt at borscht and it's a hit!

[McKinley's Momma]

We found this to be a great non-meat borscht. I followed the recipe and directions, but because I bought a low-sodium beef broth, I did add a little salt and pepper to taste. Also, my DH added a little dill to his (as that is how his mother always made it). Do the reviewer who found it bland - if you used homemade beef stock/broth, you probably did need to add a little salt & some seasonings. I don't think it's really fair to rate a recipe when you don't actually use the ingredients that are indicated. That's like rating a movie that you didn't actually watch based on the previews you have seen...