Borscht with fresh cabbage beetroot and meat

Delicious, rich, thick, for the whole family for lunch! Borscht with fresh cabbage, beetroot and meat according to this recipe I have been cooking for a very long time. I like it because the taste is harmonious and balanced. Borscht is especially good the next day, when it is well infused!
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 30 % 3 g
Fats 30 % 3 g
Carbohydrates 40 % 4 g
51 kcal
GI: 75 / 0 / 25

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 2 hours
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to cook borscht with fresh cabbage, beetroot and meat? Prepare the necessary ingredients for this. Take the cabbage fresh. Wash the vegetables well from dirt and peel them.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Pork can be used any part. But if you cook pork on the bone, then the broth will turn out more rich. Place the pork in cold water, bring to a boil and cook for 1-1.5 hours. When boiling, remove the foam that will appear. Strain the finished broth. Cut the meat into pieces and return to the pan.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Chop the cabbage, and cut the potatoes into pieces.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Put the cabbage and potatoes in a saucepan with boiling broth and leave to cook for 15 minutes.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    At this time, finely chop the onion and grate the carrots.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Fry the onion and carrot for 4-5 minutes on low heat. Then add the chopped tomatoes to the roast. Fry everything together for another 3-4 minutes. During this time, the tomatoes will release juice and become soft.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Put the finished roast in a saucepan.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Separately fry the beets, grated on a grater. Add a little tomato paste to it. It will give the borscht a slight sourness and a rich color. It will take another 5-7 minutes to roast the beets. During frying, it will decrease slightly in size.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Put the roasted beets in a saucepan. Add the bay leaf. Add a little salt and spices to taste. Stir, bring to a boil and remove from heat. It is not necessary to boil borscht with beetroot. This will cause it to lose color. Cover the finished borscht with a lid and leave it to stand for 15-20 minutes so that it infuses a little.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Serve the finished borscht garnished with herbs and add a spoonful of sour cream. Bon appetit!

Important! Regardless of whether the amount of water for soup is indicated in the recipe or not, it is best to focus on your own preferences (thick or more liquid soup you like), as well as on the size of your pan and the products taken for cooking. Do not forget that the author has his own view on the amount of meat, potatoes, cereals and other ingredients in the soup, which may not coincide with yours.  In practice, this means that if you are cooking for the first time, you should not cook a whole pot at once. Make a soup for tasting - for one or two people. To do this, reduce the amount of all ingredients according to the recipe to 1-2 servings, and take the amount of water from the calculation: from one cup per serving - if the soup is very thick, to 1.5-2 cups - if more liquid. Do not forget to take into account that part of the liquid will boil off during the cooking process. After tasting a small portion of soup, you can adjust both the amount of liquid and the proportions of ingredients to your taste. In the future, like most experienced housewives, you will be able to pour water for soup and lay the ingredients “by eye".

Tomato paste in this recipe can be replaced with tomatoes in their own juice, fresh tomatoes or ketchup.

In addition to pork, any other meat can be used in this dish. Keep in mind that the cooking time, as well as the taste and calorie content of the dish will change. For example, beef is cooked longer than pork, and chicken fillet or turkey is less.

Calorie content of products possible in the dish

  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Ripe potatoes - 80   kcal/100g
  • Baked potatoes - 70   kcal/100g
  • Mashed potatoes - 380   kcal/100g
  • Boiled potatoes - 82   kcal/100g
  • Potatoes in uniform - 74   kcal/100g
  • Fried potatoes - 192   kcal/100g
  • Green cabbage - 46   kcal/100g
  • Fresh frozen green cabbage in a package - 45   kcal/100g
  • Tomatoes - 23   kcal/100g
  • Pork fat - 333   kcal/100g
  • Pork meat - 357   kcal/100g
  • Pork - low-fat roast - 184   kcal/100g
  • Pork chop on a bone - 537   kcal/100g
  • Pork - schnitzel - 352   kcal/100g
  • Pork Shoulder - 593   kcal/100g
  • Boar's leg - 113   kcal/100g
  • Pork - 259   kcal/100g
  • Beetroot - 40   kcal/100g
  • Dried beetroot - 278   kcal/100g
  • Boiled beets - 49   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Bay leaf - 313   kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Spices dry - 240   kcal/100g

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