Otherwise, borscht may contain as many as 20 ingredients or as few as four; be vegetarian or bulging with beef; be enriched with tomatoes, bulked out with beans, peppered by white cabbage or red ...

Ukrainian Borscht is a hearty soup with beets, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, and tomatoes at its core. Often, a piece of meat, pork, is used to prepare the broth.

4 to 5 medium beets, with leafy tops; 4 to 6 radishes; 3 to 4 small, thin-skinned Persian-type cucumbers, or an 8-inch piece of an English hothouse cucumber ...

If you look up the world barszcz in the dictionary, two meanings are listed: firstly, barszcz is a soured soup (zupa na zakwasie) or a portion of this soup; secondly, it’s hogweed – a plant with big ...

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Polish white borscht Total time: 2 hours Servings: 12 Our recipes, your kitchen: If you try this or any other recipe from the L.A.