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Borsch recipe
Created by Sonja Bernyk
- Cuisine: Ukrainian
- Serves 8 as a starter
Ingredients
1 rack (about 700g) American-style pork ribs*, cut in half lengthwise2 onions, 1 halved, 1 finely chopped
2 bay leaves
1 tbsp black peppercorns
4 large beetroot, trimmed
2 tbsp white vinegar
100g salo or bacon fat, chopped
3 carrots, cut into julienne
2 celery stalks, finely chopped
3 large desiree potatoes, peeled, cut into 2.5cm cubes
115g white cabbage, sliced
¼ cup chopped dill, plus extra, to serve
Sour cream and bread, to serve
Preparation
Place pork ribs, halved onion, bay leaves, peppercorns, 1 tsp salt and 3L water in saucepan over high heat. Bring to the boil, then skim any scum from the surface. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook, skimming regularly, for 1½ hours or until meat is tender. Transfer ribs to a bowl. Cool. Remove meat from bones and reserve. Strain and reserve stock.Bring beetroot to the boil in a pan of water, then reduce heat to low and cook for 40 minutes or until tender. Drain, cool, peel, then cut into julienne. Toss with 1 tbsp vinegar. Set aside.
Place salo in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, for 8 minutes or until mostly melted. Add carrots, celery and chopped onion. Cook, stirring, for 10 minutes or until softened. Add reserved stock, potatoes and beetroot. Bring to the boil, then reduce heat to low and cook for 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Stir in reserved meat and cabbage. Cook for 15 minutes or until cabbage is tender. Add the remaining 1 tbsp vinegar and dill, and season. Serve with sour cream, extra dill and bread.
* American-style ribs are back ribs from the top of the rib cage, which unlike spare ribs, contain a bone; you may need to order them for your butcher.
As seen in Feast magazine, Issue 9, pg147.
Photography by Brett Stevens.
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