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Delicious Ukrainian Bortsch

Delicious Ukrainian Bortsch

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Course Main Course
Cuisine Amish, Ukrainian

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound beef shank
  • 4 cups onions chopped
  • 4 cups chopped celery
  • 3 cups diced carrots
  • cups chopped cabbage
  • 1 or 2 beets, cut into strips
  • 1 small can tomato paste
  • 1 teas. vinegar
  • 1 teas. sugar
  • 2 or 3 potatoes, diced
  • 1 fresh tomato
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 2 bay leaves

Instructions
 

  • Boil roast in a little water until done.
  • Remove from pot and chop into small pieces. Save broth.
  • Pour several tablespoons oil in a skillet and saute onions, celery, and carrots.
  • Pour sauteed vegetables into reserved broth.
  • Add beef back to the broth and put into the chopped cabbage. Turn on low heat and simmer.
    In a skillet place a little broth, tomato paste, and cut up beets.
  • Cook until beets are tender. Add vinegar and sugar.
  • Pour beef mixture into pot, add the chunked potatoes, and bring to a boil, boil for 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
  • Cut up the tomatoes into tiny pieces and add ΒΌ teas salt.
  • Press garlic cloves and add into tomatoes, then pour into pot.
  • Continue simmering 10-15 minutes.
  • Add bay leaves and let set for up to an hour to blend flavor.
    May serve with sour cream.
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