Leona's Borscht
Ready In: 35 mins
Yields: 1 pot
Ingredients
- 4 -5 beets, peeled and shredded (plus stems or leaves if desired)
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 -3 carrots, diced
- 2 -3 green beans, cut
- 1 stalk fresh dill
- 1 -2 potato, chopped
- 1 cup peas (fresh or frozen)
- 1 (15 ounce) can broad beans or 1 (15 ounce) can pork and beans
- 1 (1 1/4ounce) package onion soup mix
- 1⁄2 teaspoon coarse salt (to taste)
- 1 teaspoon vinegar (to taste)
- 1⁄4 cup sour cream or 1⁄4 cup whipping cream
Directions
- Saute celery and onion and add to shredded beets in soup pot.
- Add carrots, green beans, fresh dill, potatoes, and onion soup mix.
- Add water to cover, plus an extra inch.
- Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add peas and broad beans.
- Add salt and vinegar, to taste.
- Just before serving, stir in cream.
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