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Autumn Beef Borscht Recipe

Autumn Beef Borscht

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By
Andrew Chase
You can cut all the vegetables for this rich, Eastern European-style soup the night before to cook the following day while you're at work.

Ingredients

0.5 to 1 oz (15 to 30 g)  dried mushrooms
1/2 tsp  (2 mL)  black pepper
2 lbs  (1 kg)  beef shank
2 tbsp  (30 mL)  vegetable oil
1 cup  (250 mL)  dry red wine
2 potatoes, peeled and finely diced
1 white turnip, peeled and finely diced
1 onion, finely diced
2 beets, finely diced
1 bunch beet greens, shredded (optional)
3 cups  (750 mL)  shredded cabbage
1 cup  (250 mL)  finely diced carrot
3/4 cups  (175 mL)  finely diced parsnips
3 cups  (750 mL)  canned diced tomato with juice
1-1/2 tsp  (7 mL)  grated gingerroot
2 tsp  (10 mL)  salt
1 bay leaf
3 tbsp  (45 mL)  granulated sugar
1/3 cup  (75 mL)  lemon juice
Sour cream (optional)

Preparation

In 1 cup/250 mL water, soak mushrooms until tender, 15 to 30 minutes. Reserving soaking liquid, drain and finely chop mushrooms; add both to slow cooker.

Sprinkle pepper all over beef. In skillet, heat oil over high heat; in batches, brown beef and stir into slow cooker.

Pour off fat from skillet; add wine to skillet and bring to boil while scraping up brown bits from bottom and side of pan. Pour into slow cooker; add potatoes, turnip, onion, beets, beet greens (if using), cabbage, carrots, parsnips, tomatoes, ginger, salt, bay leaf and just enough water to cover ingredients, 3 to 4 cups/750 mL to 1 L.

Cook until meat and vegetables are very tender, about 5 hours on high or 10 hours on low. Remove bay leaf. Stir in sugar and lemon juice. Serve with sour cream (if desired).

Makes 8 to 12 servings.

Serving(s)
8 to 12
Nutritional Information
Per each of 12 servings: about
Calories 282
Protein 16 g
Fat (total) 16 g
Sat. Fat 6 g
Carbohydrate 19 g
Fibre 2 g
Cholesterol 51 mg
Sodium 542 mg
Calcium 4 % RDI
Iron 17 % RDI
Vitamin A 17 % RDI
Vitamin C 32 % RDI
Folate 15 % RDI

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Source

Homemakers Magazine: November 2007

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