Hungarian Vegetable Borscht Recipes

HUNGARIAN BORSCHT

Steps:

• Using a large skillet, saute, separately, the cabbage, carrots and onions, adding a little of the dill while you stir. Use as much butter as you feel necessary-adding it as you put the next batch of vegetables in the skillet. As you finish each vegetable, put it in a large Dutch oven. Add tomatoes, beets and water (the more water the thinner the soup). Add salt, pepper and a whole big sprig of dill. Cover and simmer slowly for 2 to 3 hours. Mash the vegetables well, or for a smoother soup, I put the whole mess through the blender, taking care to fish out the largest pieces of dill. Add mashed potatoes as a thickener just before serving. If you plan to freeze part of the soup, do so without the potatoes.

VEGETARIAN BORSCHT

Steps:

• Combine beets and vinegar in a small frying pan over low heat. Cook, while stirring, until soft, about 15 minutes.
• Heat oil in a large frying pan over low heat while beets are cooking. Add onion and stir for 2 minutes. Add carrots and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 10 minutes. Set aside.
• In the meantime, bring water to a simmer in a large saucepan. Add cabbage and lentils. Cook for 10 minutes. Add potatoes and cook for 10 minutes more. Stir in cooked beets and onion-carrot mixture. Season with salt and pepper. Add tomato paste and simmer until all vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes more. Serve with sour cream and dill.

HUNGARIAN BORSCHT

Steps:

• In a large frying pan, add Kraft Catalina dressing, beets, carrots, onion, rutabaga and cook on medium-high heat until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.
• In a large cooking pot, add beef consomme', water, cooked vegetables, tomatoes including liquid (crush tomatoes before adding to pot), potatoes, caraway seeds, red and green shredded cabbage, celery, cauliflower florets, black pepper and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until all vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add soy sauce and dill weed and simmer for another 3 minutes.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Serve hot with dollops of sour cream or plain yogurt if desired.

HUNGARIAN VEGETABLE BORSCHT

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat add the onion and mushrooms and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and coleslaw mix and stir until the coleslaw is wilted. Add the dill, red wine, vinegar, diced tomatoes, broth, V8, apple juice, and soy sauce. Simmer until the vegetables are uniformly tender, about 15 minutes.NOTE: Some bags of coleslaw include dressing packets. Do not use the dressing in this recipe.From Homemade In A Hurry. Text copyright © 2006 by Andrew Schloss. Cover photograph copyright © 2006 by Noel Barnhurst. All rights reserved. First published by Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco, California.

HUNGARIAN BORSCHT RECIPE

Steps:

• Scrub and rinse the beets thoroughly, removing the foliage. Using a large soup pot, cook the beets in cold water until tender. Remove the beets, reserving water. Cut off the tops and peel the beets. Dice into ½ inch pieces, and return 2 cups to soup pot. Using a hand blender, puree the beets. Add the beef broth and remaining beets. In another soup pot, cook the marrow bones with just enough water to cover, until water adopts a beefy flavour. Skim off the foam. Discard the bones, and add the water to the beets. Brown the stewing beef in oil; shred the meat, and add to soup pot. Add the garlic, pepper, parsley, tomatoes, carrots, sugar, cabbage, and potatoes to the pot. Cover and simmer until the vegetables are tender, but not mushy. Ladle into bowls and serve with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese and a dollop of sour cream.

VEGETABLE BORSCHT

Steps:

• Melt butter in a small stockpot over medium-low heat. Add the shallots, parsnips, celeriac, carrots, and salt and pepper to taste, and saute until the shallots are translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add the chicken stock, tarragon, and 1 1/2 cups water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low; simmer until vegetables are al dente, 5 to 6 minutes. Add beets; cook until vegetables are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove and discard tarragon sprigs, and stir in lemon juice. Serve immediately, garnished with dill.

UKRAINIAN BORSCHT

Steps:

• Grate the carrots, beets, celery and cabbage on a medium size grater. I use the attachment on my Kitchenaid as this reduces the chopping time tremendously.
• Dice the onion, and together with the shredded cabbage, fry in a bit of oil until the onions are light in colour.
• Add the beets to the water; bring to a boil, then simmer on low for 30 minutes. To keep the colour in your beets, add the tablespoon of lemon juice.
• Add the rest of the vegetables and once again, bring to a boil. Turn down your heat to simmer. Add 2 or 3 tablespoons of the fresh dill.
• Add the tomato juice. I very often use tomato sauce but I have also used undiluted tomato soup at times.
• Dissolve the corn starch in 1/4 cup of water and add this to the simmering borsch. It'll thicken the soup.
• Taste and adjust with salt & pepper. Lately I have been leaving out the salt as the tomato juice or sauce already contains a fair amount.
• Just before serving, add a dollop of sour cream. Enjoy!

RUSSIAN BORSCHT

Steps:

• Place the first six ingredients in a large soup kettle or Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours or until beef is tender. Meanwhile, in a skillet, saute beets in 1 tablespoon oil for 3 minutes. stir in vinegar; set aside. Remove beef with a slotted spoon; cool. Remove meat from the bones; discard bones. Cut meat into chunks; set aside. strain broth, discarding peppercorns and bay leaves. Skim fat. Add enough water to broth to measure 6 cups; return to kettle. Add potatoes, carrots, cabbage, parsley and beets. Bring to a boil., In a skillet, saute onion in remaining oil for 5-7 minutes or until tender. Sprinkle with flour; stir until blended. Whisk into soup. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender. add tomatoes. process soup in small batches in a blender or food processor; pour into a large saucepan. Add beef; heat through. Garnish with sour cream.

HUNGARIAN VEGETABLE BORSCHT

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat add the onion and mushrooms and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and coleslaw mix and stir until the coleslaw is wilted. Add the dill, red wine, vinegar, diced tomatoes, broth, V8, apple juice, and soy sauce. Simmer until the vegetables are uniformly tender, about 15 minutes.NOTE: Some bags of coleslaw include dressing packets. Do not use the dressing in this recipe.From Homemade In A Hurry. Text copyright © 2006 by Andrew Schloss. Cover photograph copyright © 2006 by Noel Barnhurst. All rights reserved. First published by Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco, California.

VESELKA'S FAMOUS BORSCHT

Steps:

• To make the "beet water," roughly chop 2 pounds of the beets (select the smaller ones), preferably in a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Place the chopped beets in a large stockpot. Add 10 cups of water and 1 tablespoon vinegar.
• Place the stockpot over high heat and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 2 hours. (If it seems like the liquid is evaporating too quickly, you may need to cover the pot partially with an offset lid.) The beets should be extremely soft and the liquid bright red.
• Strain the liquid, pressing the cooked beets against the side of the strainer to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the pulp or reserve. Set aside the beet water. You should have just about 4 cups.
• Meanwhile, place the remaining 1 pound of whole beets in a separate large stockpot. Add water to cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, and simmer until the beets are tender-firm, about 40 minutes. When the beets are cooked, add 1 tablespoon white vinegar and set them aside to cool.
• When the whole cooked beets are cool enough to handle, peel them; the skins should slip off easily. Grate the peeled beets on the largest holes of a box grater or in a food processor fitted with the grating blade.
• To make the broth, place the pork butt in a large stockpot and add the beef stock. If necessary, add a little more stock or water to cover. Add the bay leaf, allspice berries, and peppercorns. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, and simmer until the meat is tender and beginning to fall apart, about 2 hours. Set the pork aside to cool. When the pork is cool enough to handle, remove it from the pot and cut the meat into ½-inch cubes. Strain the broth and discard the bay leaf, allspice berries, and peppercorns. Reserve the cubed meat and 4 cups of the broth.
• To cook the vegetables, place the carrots and celery in a large stockpot and pour the reserved meat broth over them. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer until the carrots and celery are just tender, about 8 minutes. Add the cabbage and potatoes and continue to cook until the potatoes and carrots are easily pierced with a pairing knife but keep their shape, 15 to 20 additional minutes. Add the lima beans and cook for 5 additional minutes, just to meld the flavors. Gradually add the remaining 7 tablespoons white vinegar, tasting between additions and stopping when the flavor is to your liking. Remove the soup from the heat and set aside.
• To compose the soup, in a large soup pot combine the "beet water" and meat broth with the vegetables. Add the cubed pork and the grated beets. Stir to combine and bring to a simmer over low heat. Season to taste with salt and serve immediately.