Borsch is a dish whose homeland is Ukraine. Today it is prepared in many countries of the world at home, in factories, in government offices, in catering establishments and even within the Kremlin walls. In fact, there are a lot of cooking recipes, and each of them is good in its own way. Someone prefers to cook it with frying, and others without it. Anatoly Galkin, who has devoted 30 years of his life to working as a chef in the Kremlin, offers his own recipe for the “perfect” borscht. Frying is mandatory for him.
Red borscht recipe with fried vegetables
For cooking, you need pork pulp, chicken, beef on the bone. First, beef is placed in a saucepan and cooked for an hour, after which pork is added there, and after another thirty minutes chicken, which will still need to be cooked for half an hour. Add prepared potatoes. After it is cooked, put the cabbage, finely chopped. After a short period of time, sautéing is added. It is best to take lard for frying, in which there are no meat layers.
Passering is done as follows:
- ripe red tomatoes are doused with boiling water, peeled (peeled off) and cut, after which they are laid out in a frying pan;
In parallel with this, the beets cut into strips are stewed in another frying pan. First, it is lightly fried in lard, and then a little broth is added there. The beets are salted, a small amount of lemon juice, sugar and chopped garlic are added to it. First, frying is poured into the borscht, then beets, after which the dish "reaches" for another five minutes over low heat. Then put greens and cracklings. After readiness, the borscht should be infused for at least two hours.
Borscht recipe without frying
If frying is necessarily added to the classic recipe for a delicious dish, then this dish is made without it. According to the Ukrainian chef Anton Samoilov, adding frying is the main mistake of the housewives. The recipe for a delicious, but at the same time healthy dish should include the widest possible list of products. The entire cooking process should be carried out in stages.
Borscht takes an hour to cook and is dietary.
1. Meat (it is better to take lean pieces) is filled with water and put on a small fire. After boiling, reduce the heat and let the broth boil.
2. The onion is cut into cubes. What size head to take, each housewife decides for herself. Carrots are cut into strips, but you can also dice it, it doesn't matter. The same applies to beets. That is, you can do everything in the same way as when cooking a classic roasted dish.
3. After twenty minutes of cooking, add other ingredients to the broth. First, onions are added, then carrots and potatoes, after which beets are added, as well as sweet peppers.
4. Borscht is cooked until the potatoes are ready, when they are almost ready, add chopped cabbage.
5. At the same time, a delicious dressing is made, consisting of boiled eggs, garlic and a small amount of broth. The garlic is crushed, mixed with boiled yolk (the protein is removed). The broth is added to this mass in the amount of three to four tablespoons and mixes well. The egg white is cut into small cubes.
6. The ready-made dressing is added to the borscht, and the tomatoes, finely chopped beforehand, are sent there. The dish is cooked for another five minutes and herbs are added. All this is left on fire for another five minutes and turned off.
7. Ready borscht should be infused for half an hour.
Which option is better and tastier is hard to say. Much depends on the personal preferences of each of us. But both recipes allow you to get a really healthy, nutritious and delicious dish. What borscht without a slice of fresh bread. Read professional advice on how to store bread properly.