Borscht with beet tops

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Products that we will need to prepare borscht with beet tops. Vegetables should only be taken from a young harvest.

2. STEP 2

   

   New potatoes, peel, wash, cut into small pieces, put in a saucepan and fill with water, about 2.5 liters, put on fire. Add salt to taste.

3. STEP 3

   

   Finely chop the onion and grate the carrots on a coarse grater.

4. STEP 4

   

   Stew the carrots and onions in a frying pan with vegetable oil and tomato sauce (tomatoes can be used) for 10 minutes, pour the stewed vegetables into the boiling borscht.

5. STEP 5

   

   Peel the beets and grate them on a coarse grater.

6. STEP 6

   

   We cut off the petioles of the beet leaves and cut them into pieces of approximately 1 cm. Place the beets and beet stalks in a frying pan, add 1 tablespoon of vinegar and simmer over low heat under a lid until soft.

7. STEP 7

   

   We cut the beet leaves and 10 minutes before the end of cooking, place them in the borscht with beet tops.

8. STEP 8

   

   When the borscht is ready, add the stewed beets and stir, turn off the heat. It is very important that after you put the beets in the borscht it does not boil, that’s when it will be a beautiful red color. Let the borscht steep and you can serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Moderator Ksenia

07.11.2023

4.9

For the first time in my life, I used beet tops for cooking. My husband's mother grew gorgeous beets with lush tops. It would be a sin to throw it away. To use beet tops, I chose a recipe for borscht with beet tops. After boiling the liver, I had some broth left over. I diluted it with water to 2.5 liters, and cooked borscht with it. From the suggested amount of ingredients I got about 3.5 liters of borscht. Its taste is slightly different from classic borscht. The tops in it have a consistency and taste a little like cabbage leaves in cabbage rolls. The taste is very rich. The borscht turned out to be quite thick. The whole family liked it. Thank you very much for the recipe!

mother of a sweet tooth

07.11.2023

4.7

I’ve never tried this option, with tops. I think it's delicious! Since I made salads with young tops at the dacha - delicious! These salads went very well. Plus, it is known that beet tops are very useful.

glavbyx

07.11.2023

4.8

very very tasty... after I made it for the first time, I just fell in love with this borscht

Zvi ben Rafael

07.11.2023

4.7

The correct word would be "cut"