It's basically how I make borscht but I added extra healthy things. Stew beef + oyster mushrooms + beets + potatoes + cabbage + chard + collard greens + carrots + onions + celery + carrots + lentils + split peas slow cooked for three hours.

  • cricbuzz [he/him]
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    3 days ago

    Yooooo this sounds incredible. I haven't made borscht before but may give this recipe a go. Do you just kinda eyeball the proportions of everything?

    • happybadger [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 days ago

      I might start with a more traditional hot Russian borscht recipe (https://www.babushkacooking.com/traditional-russian-borscht/ is close to what I'd do) because that's really good on its own. This is somewhere between a borscht, a chankonabe, and a western beef stew. Proportions are really informal and I think I used something like this:

      • 1kg shoulder chuck roast, cubed

      • 1/2 onion, sliced

      • 2 carrots, sliced

      • 4 sticks celery, sliced

      • 1/2 head of green cabbage, chopped

      • 6 small potatoes, cubed

      • 4 leaves each of rainbow chard and collard greens, chopped

      • 1 red beet, quartered and sliced

      • 3 king oyster mushrooms, sliced

      • A couple handfuls of dried lentils and split peas

      The beef is sauteed first to brown all sides, then you remove that and brown your onions/celery/carrots. Then everything goes in the pot (I used a dutch oven), you fill it with stock topped off with water, and season with salt/black pepper/rosemary/bay leaf/thyme/dill. I cooked it stovetop on low-medium for three hours and everything had a good texture by then.

      • cricbuzz [he/him]
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        3 days ago

        comrade this amazing information. thank you For your help!

        Will give the traditional one a try too

    • happybadger [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 days ago

      Rules is rules. Not everyone wants to see a dead animal on their feed.