Chernihiv Borscht

⏳ Time

3 hours + 8 hours

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Chernihiv borscht differs from the classic version by its choice of ingredients: it includes beans, zucchini, and an apple. This results in a more vibrant flavor and a rich texture. It is a very hearty and thick soup; in addition to the aforementioned ingredients, it also contains potatoes, cabbage, and, of course, meat, specifically pork, which is used to make the broth. Making borscht is easy—just follow our instructions.

Ingredients

Pork Blood - 20 oz
Beans - 0 oz
Onion - 2 heads
Carrot - 2 pieces
Celery salt - 5 oz
Ghee - 0 oz
Vegetable Oil - 0 fl oz
Bay leaf - 1 piece
Allspice berries - to taste
Green peppercorns - to taste
Passata Tomato Sauce - 0 oz
Courgette - 5 oz
Potato - 15 oz
White Cabbage - 30 oz
Apple - 1 piece
Beetroot - 15 oz
Vinegar essence - 0 fl oz
Sugar - to taste
Herbs - to taste
Sour Cream - to taste
Salt - to taste
Ground Black Pepper - to taste

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Prepare the necessary ingredients.

Step 2

Pour 5 liters of water over the meat, place it over heat, and bring to a boil. Skim off the foam, reduce the heat, and add an onion, a carrot, a bay leaf, and whole allspice and black pepper. Simmer for 1.5 to 2 hours.

Step 3

Soak the beans in cold water overnight. Then drain the water and cook the beans in fresh water until tender.

Step 4

Cut the beetroot into strips and sauté it, adding 50 ml of water, vinegar, salt, and sugar, for 20–30 minutes over low heat.

Step 5

In melted butter, sauté the onion, cut into strips, with grated carrot and celery until golden brown.

Step 6

Then add the tomato paste, stir for another couple of minutes, and remove from heat.

Step 7

Strain the finished broth, cut the meat, return it to the broth, and place it back on the heat.

Step 8

Dice the zucchini and sauté it in clarified butter.

Step 9

Add zucchini, sautéed vegetables, beetroot, beans, diced potatoes, shredded cabbage, and julienned apple to the boiling broth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.