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Ukrainian Borsch
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Ukrainian Borsch

13 ingredients 4 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

819
Calories
65g
Protein
31g
Fat
75g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Pork 100g cooked 242
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Broccoli 1 cup chopped (156g) 55
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Meat not in our table 0
Beetroot not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • =
  • 100g or 200g of meat with rib bones (prefferably beef)
  • 1 big onion
  • 1 beetroot
  • 1 large or 2 small carrots
  • 50g of pork fat
  • half a lemon
  • 1-2 tbsp of tomato paste
  • 3or 4 large potatoes
  • 200g of cabbage
  • bay leaf
  • salt,pepper
  • =

Directions

1

Boil the meat for the stock. Chop the onion. Grate or shred the beetroot. Grate carrots. Melt some fat on a frying pan. Cut the pork fat into very small pieces and fry it until it becomes golden in colour. Add onions to the frying pan, fry it until they get golden. Add carrots, when they get soft, add beetroot. Sprinkle juice of half a lemon onto the mixture. Add tomato paste to the frying pan. Fry the mixture for a while. Add a litle stock, pepper, bay leaf. Set the heat to the minimum cover with a lid and simmer for a while.

2

Put the beef out of stock. Pour the stock into a big pot. Put into the pot the peeled potatoes, cut into big pieces.

3

Shred the cabbage. When the stock with potatoes boils put the cabbage into the pot. Add salt.

4

Separate the meat from the bones, and put it back to the pot. When the potatoes iare ready (i.e. soft, boiled), turn off the frying pan and put its contents into the pot. Add a bay leaf, black pepper. Turn off the heat.

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