Bobcha's Polish Borscht

Recipe Courtesy of Cathy Lowe

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (4)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
2 hr 0 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
About 8-10 cups for 4 servings

Times:

Prep: 45 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 2 hr 0 min
Total:: 2 hr 45 min

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Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds pork spareribs
1 large onion, chopped
1 bay leaf
3 peppercorns
2 tablespoons white vinegar
5 medium beets
2 cups sour cream
2 cups milk
3 tablespoons flour
Salt and pepper

Directions

In a large pot combine the spare ribs, onion, bay leaf and peppercorns, vinegar and cover with water. Bring to a simmer and cook until the meat is tender, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. In another pot, cover the scrubbed beets with water and bring to a boil. Simmer the beets for 45 To 1 hour or until the beets are tender. Drain and rinse the beets under cold water until they are cool. Peel and grate the beets.

When the meat is tender, Remove the bones and strip off the meat in bite size pieces. Return the meat to the broth and stir in the grated beets. Season the soup with salt and pepper. In a large bowl stir together the sour cream, milk and flour. Add two cups of the hot stock to the sour cream mixture and stir to combine. Pour this mixture through a strainer into the soup. Heat the soup over medium heat at a gentle simmer, but do not allow it to boil. Boiling will cause the sour cream to curdle. Serve immediately with boiled potatoes and pumpernickel or rye bread

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recipe Bobcha's Polish Borscht
Brian Conifer, CO 02-13-2009
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Rich, Delicious, Low Fat, and Nutritious!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

FANTASTIC and so easy. In the future I won't use much, if any milk and just dollop the sour cream into the serving bowls. I... think the milk just makes it a bit too bland. I couldn't resist adding a couple chopped carrots. Side-note: I really wish reviewers would not judge things by how authentic they believe it is. That's not the point of the rating! Foodnetwork.com users are looking for delicious recipes and expect that any given recipe is not the paragon of the motherland. Skewing the ratings with your authenticity measure means we don't know just how tastey it is. My Italian grandma makes the best Italian (Umbrian) lasagna, but I'm really glad I've been able to taste five star variations here without some doof screwing with the ratings because it's "NOT truly Italian!"Read more
recipe Bobcha's Polish Borscht
PAT Charlotte, NC 09-12-2007
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Very Close to Mom's
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My Mom is part Polish,part Austrian & makes incredible borscht. This recipe is close to her version w/the following... exceptions: cook the beets & meat together, then shred the meat & dice the beets. This eliminates a step, saves lots of time/work, also adds flavor, as another reviewer stated. Mom also chops up a tiny bit of the stalks of the beets & adds a little chopped onion to add flavor & texture. Mom uses "sour salt" vs vinegar, but the vinegar or lemon juice does the trick the same. Like another reviewer, my Mom's borscht is a clear soup. We don't thicken it w/anything. We do add a dollop of sour cream to the top, right before eating. YUM!!!Read more
recipe Bobcha's Polish Borscht
Joanna Draper, UT 12-15-2006
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not polish for sure
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

It may be good, even very good but it has nothing to do with polish barszcz. Polish barszcz is clear (it's cooked with bones... like a broth) with no meat pieces floating in the soup and beets are cooked together in the same pot (more flavor) not seperatly. We don't put any flour into the soup. We don't serve it with potatoes but little polish soup dumplings (stuffed with meat). I don't like when people name their recipes with international names that have nothing to do with the oryginal taste.Read more
recipe Bobcha's Polish Borscht
CHRIS Manchester, MO 12-15-2004
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Fabulous!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is so simple and wonderful tasting. I have to admit I don't add the sour cream mixture as stated in the recipe. I stop... after adding the beets. I just put a dollap of sour cream on the finished dish. My brother-in-law, who is so picky, calls me now and then and asks me to make this dish. Try it.Read more