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I picked up 2 great tips from the segment
Always add hot borscht to the sour cream NOT vice versa or it will curdle
Add a sour flavour to balance the sweetness of the beet - e.g. vinegar or lemon juice.
I'll have to experiment with some traditional Ukrainian style borshch someday.
Beets are ready and theres no better way to use themthan in borscht. Gail Hall has added a special ingredient to her borscht and paired it with a rustic sandwich for a hearty lunch or dinner.
Neko Case Makes Borscht
This video is close to 20 minutes long but is a very good tutorial on how to make borscht - if you want to make borscht you should watch this first.
Neko says “you’ll know you made a really good borscht if anyone from Eastern European extraction says you made it wrong” (because we all think our grandma’s or mom’s borcht from our childhoods is the best)
Neko says that borscht must contain beets (if not you’re doing it wrong)
My borscht does not contain beets
Therefore according to Neko I make really good borscht :-)
Yay! I will try out her recipe someday too because it looks great.
Photos from the Babas and Borshch Cook Off in Andrew AB
There's a giant mallard statue in Andrew AB. Andrew is North of Mundare which has a giant garlic sausage (kubasa) and NE of Vegerville which has a giant Ukrainian Easter Egg (pysanka). If you ever want to go on a tour of big things - there are worse places for a road trip.
The competition - 14ish competitors. So many crockpots of amazing smelling Ukrainian style borshch (red or pink). Except me - mine is orange.
My orange borscht.
The winners - one who stole the veggies from his Mom's garden and made his own apron (we figure it gave him the edge), another guy who's speech included a pitch to the Baba's in the audience to introduce him to their granddaughters and a lovely lady who I chatted about soup with earlier.
It was so much fun hanging out in Andrew for the afternoon and chatting soup with all the soup nerds.
Borscht - Russian Doukobour Style
This is my family soup recipe - I got it from my grandma who got the recipe from the Russian ladies at the women's auxiliary in the town she lived in in the Southern BC Interior.
Ingredients: cabbage, potatoes, onion, carrots, tomatos, butter, cream, dill
This borscht barely has a hint of beet - you put a beet into the soup while it's cooking - then remove it before serving.
I took the day off to make my borscht.
I used every pot and cutting board I own.
I'm making borscht for the Babas & Borshch soup competition today.
My plan for world (soup) domination is coming together. Bwahahaha!
Salmon Curry (can of salmon, chick peas, Pataks curry sauce, carrots & parnsips)
Other than the veggies everything in this soup comes out of a can or jar - so its the perfect I-have-nothing-in-the-fridge-raid-the-pantry-soup! You can substitute almost any veggie you have handy or use frozen.
Black Bean & Quinoa (black beans, quinoa, salsa, corn)
Tip: always rinse and drain canned beans - it makes them less farty plus you rinse off some of the excess sodium
Leftover Soup I used up a bunch of leftovers in the fridge for this soup
(broth, pasta sauce, sweet potato, carrots, yellow pepper, chick peas, rosemary chicken sausage)
Microwave Cauli & Chick Pea Soup Another no-cook-just-microwave-for-2-minutes-at-the-office soup
(broth, pasta sauce, chick peas, steamed cauliflower)
Chicken Noodle Soup (w/ homemade broth) (broth - chicken carcass, onion, garlic, thyme, water - cook 12 hrs in crockpot) (chicken soup - chicken broth, carrots, chicken, mushroom, noodles)
Moroccan Carrot Soup saute onion tbsp cumin tsp allspice - cook 30min w/ 8C carrots 2L broth - purée + 2tbsp honey 1tsp lemon juice
Two Kinds of Stew - Veggie & Beef No soup last week I made stew instead
(Beef - beef broth, beef, potato, carrot, caramelized onion, celery, beer, parsley, garlic, bay leaf, worstershire, flour)
(Veggie - broth, chick peas, sweet potato, carrots, carmelized onion, corn, quinoa, pesto)
Hearty Lentil Soup Not spicy or curry this time - to compliment the ham broth I went with more of a umami flavour.
(ham broth, red lentils, carrots, onion, celery, parsley, thyme, bay leaf, worstershire sauce, cider vinegar)
How to make ham broth - Add ham bone & water to crockpot, cook for 8-12 hours, remove bone and strain broth, add any ham meat to broth, make soup.
So many soups to try.
Microwave PB & SP Soup I ran out of weekend so no time to cook soup. I invented this no-cook-just-microwave-for-2-minutes-at-the-office soup for Meatless Monday instead.
(veggie broth, grated sweet potato, a couple cubes of frozen spinach, peanut butter and rooster sauce)
Super Bowl (of Chili) No soup this week because I made chili (or should I say chilis) instead.
(Veggie - black beans, kidney beans, canned tomatoes, squash, onion, quinoa, chili seasoning, crushed chili pepper - served with avocado & cheddar)
(Carnivore - kidney beans, canned tomatoes, ground beef, squash, onion, tomato paste, chili seasoning, crushed chili pepper - served with avocado & cheddar)
Quinoa is one of my fav veggie chili ingredients!