Navy Bean Borsch
Description
This comforting Navy Bean Borsch combines lean beef, slab bacon, and dried navy beans with a rich broth of beets, potatoes, and cabbage. The soup is thickened with a butter and flour paste and finished with beet juice for a deep, earthy flavor. Serve hot with a dollop of sour cream for a satisfying, protein-packed meal.Directions
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Cover beans with water and allow to soak overnight. Cook until tender, drain, and set aside.
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Place beef, bacon, and water in a large soup pot. Bring to a boil, then skim fat from the surface.
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Add bay leaf, peppercorns, garlic, parsley, carrot, celery, onion, and salt. Cover and simmer over low heat for about 1 1/2 hours.
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Scrub beets for soup and cook in boiling water until tender, about 45 minutes. Drain and discard water; cool. Peel and cut each beet into eighths.
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Scrub small beets, grate, and cover with water to soak.
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Remove meat from soup and set aside. Strain soup into another pot.
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Add cooked beets, cabbage, leeks, potatoes, tomatoes, tomato paste, vinegar, sugar, beef, and bacon to the strained soup.
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Bring to a boil and simmer for 45 minutes.
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Cut kielbasa into chunks and add with navy beans to the soup. Simmer 20 minutes more.
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Mix flour and butter together to form a paste. Stir into soup to thicken slightly.
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Strain raw beets, saving the liquid and discarding the beets. Add beet liquid to the soup.
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Adjust seasoning with additional sugar or vinegar for sweeter or more sour flavor.
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Slice meat and arrange in individual soup bowls. Pour hot soup with vegetables over the meat. Garnish each serving with a dollop of sour cream, if desired.
Nutrition Facts
Servings 1 pie
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 2449kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 89g137%
- Saturated Fat 33g165%
- Cholesterol 271mg91%
- Sodium 6444mg269%
- Total Carbohydrate 327g110%
- Dietary Fiber 105g420%
- Sugars 56g
- Protein 158g316%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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