Cooking Borscht • Creamy Cold Borscht

Ingredients

• Water – 6 cups
• 1 carrot
• 1 parsnip
• ½ celery root
• 1 yellow onion
• 1 leek
• Garlic – 3 cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 4-5 whole black peppercorns
• 4-5 whole allspice
• Parsley – ½ bunch
• Salt – 1½ teaspoon
• Beetroot – 18 oz
• 2 medium potatoes
• 2 carrots
• Margarine – 2 tablespoons
• Table horseradish – 2 tablespoons
• Ground black pepper – 1 pinch
• Dry white wine – 1 cup
• Salt – to taste
• Sour cream – 4 tablespoons
• OR cream cheese – 4 tablespoons
• Chopped parsley – 4 tablespoons