Recipe: Perfect Borsch

Borsch. Borsch is one of the most well-known Slavic foods. It is a beet soup made with many other I think there are as many variations of Borsch recipes as there are Slavic cooks, because everyone likes to.

To make Borsch you need 20 ingredients and just 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients

1. You need of Beef Roast (Bone or Chuck).
2. It's of Water (boiling).
3. Prepare of Dry Lima Beans (large).
4. Prepare of Potatoes (small, whole and peeled).
5. You need of Bay Leaves (whole).
6. Prepare of Salt.
7. You need of Pepper.
8. It's of Carrots (diced).
9. You need of Celery (dices).
10. You need of Onion (medium, chopped).
11. Prepare of Frozen Mixed Vegetables.
12. You need of Tomato Sauce (small).
13. Prepare of Can Tomatoes (approximately 1 lb).
14. Prepare of Bell Pepper (chopped).
15. You need of Cabbage (chopped).
16. You need of Parsley, (chopped).
17. You need of Dill Weed.
18. You need of Yellow Chili (optional).
19. Prepare of Sugar.
20. Prepare of M.S.G.

Borsch step by step

1. Wash beef in a colander. Bring water to boil in a pot. Add beef, lima beans, and potatoes and bring to boil. Add salt and pepper and simmer for approximately 2 hours until the meat is tender..
2. Remove meat and add carrots, celery, onions, and mixed vegetables. Cook 15 minutes..
3. Break up tomatoes by hand and add the rest of the ingredients. Simmer for 30 minutes longer..
4. Remove potatoes and mash, then return to the soup..
5. Remove the bay leaf and chili..
6. Before serving, take the roast that was cooked in the soup and cut it up into 1 1/2" squares and place into a casserole dish one layer deep. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake in a 375 degree oven until browned. Serve meat on the side with mustard or horse radish. Eat with the soup and bread..