Beetroot hot soup with ham - Borscht.

Салат из пекинской капусты с лебедой

Ingredients:
✔ 200 g (7 oz) beef.
✔ 150 g (5,3 oz) ham.
✔ 100 g (3,5 oz) sausage, chopped.
✔ 2 beets, washed, peeled, grated, simmered.
✔ 300 g (10,6 oz) fresh cabbage, shredded.
✔ 1 carrot, grated.
✔ 3 onion, chopped.
✔ 4 tbsp tomato paste.
✔ 3 - 4 garlic cloves, crushed.
✔ 50 g (1,8 oz) sunflower oil, (or Soya oil, or olive oil)
✔ 1 tbsp sugar.
✔ 20 g, 6% ( 1oz) vinegar.
✔ 1,5 litres / 3 pint water
✔ sour cream.
✔ salt.
Chopped green Celery, dill, parsley, coriander, green onions, bay leaf, pepper, to taste.

Directions:
1. Cook beef and ham in the water until done, add cabbage and cook for 15 minutes.
2. Blanch onion in oil until golden, add carrot and tomato paste. Stew for 7 - 10 minutes, (use a frying pan). Peeled and grated beet simmer in oil. Add vinegar.
3. Flavour the broth with sugar and salt to taste.
4. Add to broth all fried vegetables: onion, carrot, beet. Cook for 15 minutes.
5. Five to ten minutes before the Borscht is cooked, add: sausage, chopped green Celery, dill, parsley, coriander, green onions, bay leaf, pepper, garlic cloves to taste. Serve with sour cream.

Soup will be beautiful and very tasty: red with a lot greenery.