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Borsht Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2-3 pounds beef shank
1 cup rice (soaked)
3 large potatoes
6 large carrots
2 onions
2 red beets
Salt
Water
2 cups young dill, cut fine
2 cups beet tops, cut fine
2 each, whole cloves, bay leaves, peppercorns
1 well beaten egg
1 cup sour cream
1 can tomatoes or tomato soup
Directions:
Directions:
3 or 4 hours before meal time put beef shanks in a large pan, add water to cover and put on to boil Add salt and spices and 1 onion cut fine. Let simmer on slow fire.

Forty-five minutes before serving remove meat from bones and add diced beets, tomatoes, onion, and carrots to broth.

One-half hour before serving add potatoes, soaked rice, beet tops and dill . (Dill and beet tops are very important.)

Mix beaten egg and sour cream and add to soup just a few minutes before serving.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
8
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
4 hours
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is my Grandma Brauer's recipe for Borsht. When I was young I always asked for a bowl of Borsht before she added the sour cream mixture. Today, I would enjoy it even more with the sour cream mixture!

 

 

 

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