Oddly enough, my father-in-law was over one night when I served this and he was making a lot of comments (with his Russian accent) like, why are the vegetables so small, it's not the right kind of sour, where's the sour cream (I'm lactose intolerant so I just handed over the cream to him), it...
I based my recipe on one I found years ago on the web at ruscuisine.com
Ingredients:
2 lbs beef ribs
1 onion
1-2 beets
1-2 potatoes
1-2 carrots
1 cabbage
8-10 cups water
1 tbsp butter
2 cloves garlic
¼ cup parsley
¼ cup dill
1 can tomato paste
3 tsp salt
dash of pepper
6 tbsp lemon juice
Cut...
Yes, I did see some borsch recipes there with corn...I've never thought of putting corn in and I've also heard that most people don't put garlic in either.
Well, I should be making a batch next week, I'll jot down the complete list...hang onto your pots!
Really? We don't have kids but we wish we were in Gravenhurst...not quite the same as Northern Ontario...eh?
My favorite thing to cook? That would be Russian Borsch...well, my version of it. I use beef short ribs, beets, carrots, potatoes, cabbage, tomato paste and lemon juice.
I was born in South America where I enjoyed this "Kwie Kwie" which is actually an armoured catfish (See Hoplosternum_littorale in Wikipedia)
I believe it's normally cooked in curry or with salted meats but I haven't had it since I left there (~30 years). I've recently found a place in Toronto...
Thanks for the warm welcome! I hope to spend many more hours lurking and reading posts. I'm not too worried about spending too much time here, I'm just worried about going to the grocery store every day...been happening for 2 weeks now. The CI DO is getting a real workout, I pretend that I...
Hi Everyone,
I've been lurking here for a while and I saw a recipe for Peking Duck, I was so impressed I decided to lurk here some more. Then I found a whole bunch of posts on CI DO (cast iron Dutch Oven) and I decided to buy one. I was so impressed with the knowledge base here that I decided...