Ukrainian Barszcz

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Ukrainian Barszcz

 

8 cups water

8 ozs. mixed vegetables

5 ozs. beets

3/4 cup dried white beans or 1 1/2 cup string beans

3 medium potatoes

1 cup tomato puree or 5 medium tomatoes

1/2 cup to 1 cup sour cream

3 tbsps. flour

salt

sugar

2 tbsps. dill

chopped chives

Soak beans in boiled and cooled water for a few hours, cook in the same water.

Grate vegetables and beets, cover with boiling water, prepare stock (if using

string beans, cook with vegetables).

When vegetables are tender, add potatoes cut in cubes and cook together. Rinse

tomatoes, cook in separate pot, press through sieve.

To soup stock with vegetables and potatoes add beans with water in which they

have been cooked, add the tomato puree, bring to the boil, add sour cream and

flour; add salt and sugar to taste, bring to the boil. Before serving add

chopped greens.

Serve with buckwheat groats or potatoes.

 

 

 

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