Cooking Borscht • Metropolitan Borscht with Greens

Ingredients

• Water – 10 cups
• Lean beef – 5 oz
• Pork bones – 12 oz
• Salt – 1 teaspoon
• Beetroot – 10 oz
• Fresh green cabbage – 13 oz
• Spinach – 5 oz
• Sorrel – 5 oz
• 1 carrot
• 1 parsley root
• 1/2 celery root
• 1/2 yellow onion
• Tomato puree – 2 tablespoons
• All purpose flour – 1 tablespoon
• Butter – 4 tablespoons
• Sugar – 2 tablespoons
• Vinegar – 2 tablespoons
• Smoked ham – 12 oz
• 2 hotdogs
• 4-5 peppercorns
• 2 bay leaves
• Salt to taste
• Sour cream
• Chopped dill