Cooking Borscht • Siberian Borscht with Beans

Ingredients

• Water – 8 cups
• Beef bones – 18 oz
• Salt – 1 1/2 teaspoon
• Beetroot – 10 oz
• Fresh green cabbage – 10 oz
• 3 medium potatoes
• 1 carrot
• 1 parsley root
• 1 yellow onion
• Tomato puree – 4 tablespoons
• Butter – 2 tablespoons
• All purpose flour – 2 teaspoons
• Sugar – 2 teaspoons
• White vinegar – 1 tablespoon
• 4-5 peppercorns
• 2 bay leaves
• Salt – to taste
• Dry beans – 1/2 cup
• Water – 1/2 cup
• Salt – 1/2 teaspoon
• Sour cream
• Chopped fresh parsley
• You can make this borscht with water instead of bone-based broth. In this case you will only need 6 cups of water and 4 tablespoons of butter.
• You can omit adding flour mixture to this borscht.