Recipe: Andrew Zimmern Cooks Borscht for Ukraine

beets

🥗Healthier: red cabbage

💰Cheaper: carrots

Red cabbage provides color and crunch, while carrots are often more affordable.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Greek yogurt offers a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

Put a few teaspoons of oil into a large pot.

Add pork ribs and brown them.

Add salt and smashed garlic cloves, simmer for about an hour.

Add sliced carrots after the onions have cooked for several minutes.

Add Yukon Gold potatoes, fennel, and cabbage.

Julienne two or three medium-sized beets and add them to the pot.

Season with sugar and vinegar later on when seasoning with salt.

Add a few quarts of homemade poultry broth, making sure it comes up to the edge of the vegetables.

Cover and cook for an hour.

Cooking Techniques

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Dietary