Every experienced housewife knows that At the end of cooking the borscht, add 3 tablespoons of vinegar to a large potso that the soup does not lose its intense color. This time we will focus on yet another add-onwhich additionally enhances the color and taste of this dish, making it one of the best for Christmas Eve dinner.
To make borscht have better taste and intense color, we need to pour 1 cup of blackcurrant juice into it at the end of cooking. Many people already have this drink in their kitchen, but few people know that it goes perfectly with this Christmas Eve soup.
The slightly sour currant juice overcomes the sweetness of the beets and gives the soup a unique aroma. Thanks to this simple addition, borscht acquires a deep ruby color. This soup will delight literally everyone.
The main ingredient of borscht is, of course, beets. We also need other vegetables, spices, as well as vinegar and currant juicewhich will enrich the taste and color of this soup.
What ingredients do we need to make borscht? Here is the exact list:
- 1.5 kg of beets;
- 3 carrots;
- 1 parsley root;
- a piece of celery root;
- 4 cloves of garlic;
- 1 apple;
- 1 cup of blackcurrant juice,
- 3 tablespoons of vinegar,
- 4 bay leaves,
- 5 grains of allspice;
- spices: salt, pepper, dried marjoram.
First, peel the beets, carrots, parsley and celery. Then cut the beets into quarters and the remaining vegetables into halves.
Put the chopped vegetables into a large pot and add peeled garlic cloves, bay leaves and allspice.. Pour water over everything to cover all the ingredients. Cook the soup for 40 minutes over low heat (vegetables must be soft).
After 20 minutes of cooking the borscht, add a washed, unpeeled applewhich we previously cut in half. Remember that it should be hollowed out from the seed nest.
After 40 minutes of cooking the soup, you can add vinegar and currant juice. Finally, remove all vegetables from the broth. Season pure borscht with salt, pepper and marjoram as desired.
On Christmas Eve we must serve it with dumplings or dumplings . It is a good idea to eat this dish with boiled and mashed potatoes every day.
