Cooking Borscht • Borscht with Duck

Ingredients

• Water – 8 cups
• A 2-pound duck
• 1 carrot
• ½ celery root
• 1 yellow onion
• 1 medium leek
• 1 celery stalk
• 2 cloves of garlic
• Thumb-size piece of ginger
• 1 spring of parsley
• 1 spring of fresh thyme
• 2 sage leaves
• 1 star anise
• 1 hot chili pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• 4-5 peppercorns
• 1 ½ teaspoon salt
• Beetroot – 10 oz
• Fresh green cabbage – 10 oz
• 3 medium potatoes
• 2 fresh tomatoes
• Olive oil – 2 tablespoons
• Duck fat – 2 tablespoons
• Cured pork belly fat – 2 tablespoons
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• White vinegar – 1 tablespoon
• ¼ hot red pepper
• Cut parsley – 4 tablespoons
• Salt – to taste
• Sour cream
• Chopped parsley