Baba's Ukrainian Borshch From Baba s Kitchen: Ukrainian Soul Food By Raisa Marika Stohyn (Raisa Stone)

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1 Baba's Ukrainian Brshch Frm Baba s Kitchen: Ukrainian Sul Fd By Raisa Marika Sthyn (Raisa Stne) Hell, is yur Baba here. I shw yu hw t make special kind brshch, just like in Ukraine. Yu pay attentin and d exactly what I say, r brshch nt s gd. This is imprtant natinal fd. We say, If is n brshch, I nt even stay at wedding. Give self lts f time, because brshch must ck fr hurs. This nt mdern riginal sup frm can. Is real thing. D nt use crazy micrwave fr brshch. This make enugh sup fr fur peple fr few day. Fr gd party, make tw, three time as much. Brsch and ur Buryak (beet) Salata is ne reasn Ukrainian s healthy. Buryak is full f irn, phsphrus, Vitamin C, niacin and magnesium. Nw, g get: Oxtail. Other beef kay if nt xtail, but just kay. Nthing s gd like xtail fr rich brshch. If yu nt have beef cw, yu can find in stuprmarket r in Chinatwn. Buryak, beet. If yu have rganic vegetable, s much better fr yu, the earth and als gd tasting. Organic grw in hrse manure, and nthing that cme frm hrse can be bad. Kapusta, green cabbage. N fancy-schmancy red r curly cabbage. Shuld be size yur head. Little bit wrm hle n utside leaf kay, let yu knw nt much chemical n plant. Peel away this leaf. Ignre dirty lk frm stre wrker. Wh making brshch, yu r him? Mrkva. Sme healthy carrt. If have dirt n them, s much better. Tsibulya. Onin. D nt use kind already spruting green at tp. She busy having baby, nt have time fr yu. Chasnyk. One head garlic. Start with usual size, maybe later yu like size elephant kind. See my vide n Yutube r Facebk n this tpic. Krip. Fresh dill weed. D nt use kind dried up, cme in salt shaker. That taste like straw. Pah! I spit n it. Faslia, little white bean. These add prtein, s brshch can be whle meal. Als turn pink when cking with beets. Very cute. Later, when yu get used t eating brshch, yu might add mre bean. One cup dry will make duble in size, s yu knw. D NOT use can bean fr brshch. Will turn int ugly mushinski.

2 Peretz. Whle black pepper. Enugh s when yu cup hand, just fit in yur palm. Little bit cheeseclth, needle and thread t sew whle black pepper in, drp int brshch. Yu als can use piece thin cttn sck. Make sure is clean, nt smell like feet. Lavrvyi list. Bay leaf. Be careful, have sharp edge. Never mind prnunciatin salt. Sea salt best. Tiny pinch, like yu give friend, then pretend yu nt knw why he mad. Sniashnyk, sunflwer seed il. Frm sniashnyk, kind we use in Ukraina. Limn, Juice frm fresh lemn. Nt frzen, nt bttled. Fresh. Xlib. Tw laf dark rye bread. The kind s heavy yu can use as ftball. Nt mdern Canadian white cttn bread. Masl, butter. If yu can get frm farm, is better. Tl: Extra wden spn fr smack hand f grwn up persn try t eat brshch befre ready. D nt smack little kid, r Baba be mad. Put n aprn, this get messy. Put water in sup pt abut three quarter t tp. Make bil. Make plan stay hme that day. Yu have smething t d, I knw. Drp garlic head and xtail direct in brshch. D nt peel garlic. Let bil fr at least fur hur, maybe six, until sme meat fall ff bny part and flating in water. Liquid will make frthing. Keep remving this frthing. When frthing stp, this yur secnd clue meat is ck. Add biling water when necessary, s nt run dry. That biling water, nt frm tap. Make big difference t flavr. Then take all bne ut f water. Let bne cl n cunter, because meat left make nice snack. Grate beet, carrt and cabbage int big pile. Make sure wash and peel beet. I dn't peel carrt, it kill vitamin. This part I can't tell yu, yu have t use wn brain. Lk back and frth frm sup stck t vegetable. Liquid shuld be abut three-quarter f pt. Yu want nice thick brshch, s lk if yu think vegetable fit in that liquid. Nt t much, nt t little. Shuld always be abut ne inch liquid n tp vegetable. If t much liquid, either chp mre vegetable r bil liquid mre until sme evaprate. Chp fresh dill weed. Give stem t chicken. Peel and chp nin. Put int frying pan with sunflwer seed il. I nt measure il, nbdy s stupid they can't see hw much. Fry until nin sft and clear. Put all vegetable careful in sup pt. Be gentle s they nt splash ht water.

3 Drp in little sewn up bag f whle black pepper. D nt be smarty pants, put pepper in withut making bag. Yu be chewing terrible taste later. Drp in fur bay leaf. Yu can als make little bag fr them, r just put in lse. Pur in dry faslia, white bean. Can bean will turn t mushinski. Add salt. Have cl meat fr nice snack while wait fr brshch t ck. See instructin belw fr hw t eat with bread. Make brshch ck tw hur. Scp white bean frm bttm f pt, taste if they sft. Blw n them first! They will be pink nw. This where yu get kid excited abut eating bean. Sup shuld be thick, almst like vegetable stew. Add mre biling water if t thick. In meantime, squeeze lemn and pur int glass jar. Put butter ut s is sft. Scp ut black pepper and bay leaf. Thrw away. D nt be lazy and leave in r brshch taste funny later. Keep sft garlic t spread n tp f buttered bread, if yu like. Hw t eat brshch: Yu think yu knw hw eat sup? Ha! Maybe terrible scary thing frm can. Tuck napkin int shirt, because nce redness f beet hit it, it nt wash ut. That why beet make gd pysanka (Easter egg) dye. Ladle nice thick brshch int bwls. Make sure yu get bean frm bttm, even yu think yu nt lve bean. Yu will nw, Baba telling yu this. Take thick slice butter nt dark rye bread. Nt this skinny-shminny spread butter like is dangerus mnster ging t bite yu. Add ne teaspn t ne tablespn lemn juice t sup. Take spnful sup, blw n it. Eat sup, take bite bread. Or can dip buttered bread int sup. Try spread little sft garlic n tp f butter. Keep eating. Brshch taste even better, left in fridge vernight. Eat ht r cld. Ingredient List: Oxtail, tw punds. If unavailable, substitute tw punds fatty beef Beets, three punds Green cabbage, ne medium head Carrts, tw punds Onin, ne large Garlic, ne head Fresh dill weed, ne bunch. White beans, ne cup dry. D nt substitute canned beans.

This is ne f 200 traditinal recipes and natural remedies in Baba s Kitchen: Ukrainian Sul Fd. Recipes and stries are frm Stalinist survivrs.

4 Whle black pepper, ne quarter cup Bay leaves, fur Salt t taste Sunflwer seed il, half cup Lemns, three Dark rye r pumpernickel bread, tw laves Butter fr bread Square f cheeseclth, needle and thread Smachnh! Enjy yur brshch, Ppchik. This is ne f 200 traditinal recipes and natural remedies in Baba s Kitchen: Ukrainian Sul Fd. Recipes and stries are frm Stalinist survivrs. Click here fr yur 400 page paperback: Baba s bks are available as ebk.pdf, which print as individual recipes! Visit Baba's Department Stre fr my Oi Yi Yi prducts and mre.

5 Enjy my vides n Yutube and Facebk. Lk up Baba s Kitchen: Ukrainian Sul Fd. Thusands f peple having fun with Ukrainian culture n my Facebk! This recipe is 2018 Raisa Stne. It may be printed fr persnal use nly, in its entirety. Fr permissin t reprint in any manner, please cntact the authr in writing.

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