Russian Green Borscht
Recipe: #19270
May 25, 2015
"No beets in this one! Adapted from When the Good Cook Gardens."
Original recipe yields 8 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (278.2 g)
- Calories 473.5
- Total Fat - 27.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.7 g
- Cholesterol - 119.7 mg
- Sodium - 592 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 24.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.2 g
- Sugars - 1.6 g
- Protein - 30.5 g
- Calcium - 67.4 mg
- Iron - 3.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 25.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Place beef in a large pot or Dutch oven.
Step 2
Add water, beef base, salt and pepper.
Step 3
Cover, bring to a boil, and simmer 1 hour.
Step 4
Add parsnips, carrots, leeks, celery and potatoes.
Step 5
Cover and simmer 30 minutes more, or until meat is tender.
Step 6
Add sorrel and spinach and simmer until greens are tender, 5-10 minutes more.
Step 7
Taste and add sugar if it's too sour.
Step 8
Ladle into soup bowls and garnish with sour cream.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
