Dukhobor Borscht

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 10 cups water
• 7 medium potatoes
• 1 small beet, sliced
• 1 large carrot, chopped
• 2 medium onions, sliced
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 small green pepper, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dill
• 1/2 lb butter
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes
• 1 medium cabbage, shredded

Recipe

• 1 boil water in large soup pot.
• 2 add four of the potatoes (peeled and cut in half), carrots and beet, salt to taste.
• 3 in large fry pan, fry onions with 6 tbs butter until golden brown, add tomatoes and fry a little longer.
• 4 remove the potatoes only from the boiling water when they are cooked and mash with six tbs of butter.
• 5 add half the contents of your frying pan to soup pot.
• 6 peel and cube remaining potatoes and add to pot.
• 7 now put remainder of contents of your frying pan into pot with 1tbs butter and boil for 5 min.
• 8 meanwhile fry remainder of cabbage in the rest of the butter add celery, pepper and 1 cup of cabbage to pot and let boil for about two min.
• 9 add mashed potatoes and dill.
• 10 cook for two minutes.
• 11 add fried cabbage.
• 12 let simmer for a short while and serve.