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Vegetarian Borscht Beet Soup Recipe

Hearty, Chunky, Satisfying, Warming Russian Beet Soup Recipe

Some cultures believe that if a man & woman eat from the same beetroot, they fall in love...a pretty good outcome from Meatless Monday!

Recipe courtesy Fiona Morgan, artist and cook at Spaces Between the Gaps

Total Prep & Cook Time: 1 Hour, 40 Min.

Yield: 6 Servings

Nutrition Data, 388g Serving: 187 cal, 28g carb, 8g fat, 425mg sodium, 5g fiber, 3g protein, good source Vit K, A, C, Folate, Potassium. Estimated glycemic load 11

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Ingredients:

2 cups raw washed beets, grated (500g)
2 cups red cabbage, finely shredded (500g)
2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced small (360g)
2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
3 tomatoes, pureed or diced fine
1/4 cup butter or veggie spread(125 g)
4 cups strong soup stock (1.2L)
1 medium onion, grated
1 carrot, grated
1/2 tsp salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
1 Tbsp raw sugar

Directions:

Put the beetroot, cabbage and potato in a large pan with the tomato, vinegar, HALF the butter and all the stock
Simmer for one hour
In another pan, melt the remaining butter (or oil) and sauté the carrot and onion until golden
Add to the beets
Cover and simmer gently for 15 minutes
Season with salt and pepper to taste, then add the sugar

Savvy Veg Recipe Notes:

One of our recipe testers (of Ukrainian descent) said that the recipe needed twice as much potato (maybe make that 2 large potatoes) and about 2 Tbsp fresh dill to be perfect.

Savvy Veg feels that borscht is fantastic served with dairy or non-dairy sour cream!

Fiona's Recipe Notes:

As you may well be aware, Borscht is a Slavic recipe that celebrates beetroot. What's there to get excited about when it comes to beets?

Well, the Oracle at Delphi (of Greek mythology, not of software companies) claimed that beetroot was second only in mystical potency to horseradish, and that it was worth its weight in silver.

Beetroot contains betaine, which in other forms is used to help treat depression, and trytophan, which is that woohoo-feel-good chemical in chocolate.

Fiona's Original Borscht Recipe

Artist and long time vegetarian Fiona Morgan is on a blogging mission to show people how easy and tasty plant based food can be with her food meets art project. Check out her blog for all the umami filled recipes & artwork, and follow the creation of the artvegecookbook

Read Fiona's latest SV guest post, How to Make Meat Based Meals Vegetarian

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