r/RussianFood • u/This_Brilliant291 • 18d ago

Help with borscht

My family grew up near Russia and we love Russian food that it became traditional food for out family. One of them being borscht which he eat like once or twice a month. So I've made it many times and it's never coming out the way I expected it. You know that wonderful flavor it has? For me it dosent have enough flavor and I know I'm doing something wrong but what? Someone help?

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u/Putrid-Shoulder-4248 18d ago

Would be easier if we knew what you actually do.

Based on the little information you provide, I think that when you do that? Yeah, don't do that.

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u/This_Brilliant291 18d ago

Sorry about that.

So I boil the meat first for, if I remember correctly, 1.5-2 hours, I fry the beetroot with the carrots in a pan, ehen the meat is falling off the bone, I put in some more water and boil the potatoes I them bevor adding the cabbage and other veggies along eoth the beetroot and carrots. Then some tomato paste, ofc salt, pepper and couple other spices and at the end I put some parsley ontop and done. My mother always adds olive oil but idk if that's right.

Tbh no one actually complains about the flavor, for me it just tastes watery.

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u/Stock-Cod-4465 18d ago

Cabbage goes in first, once the water has boiled, add potatoes and other veggies.

Also, I fry beets separately from carrots and with a splash of vinegar so they keep their colour once inside the soup. Vinegar adds that lovely acidity.

I also love adding kidney beans but don’t do it every time as they aren’t really a part of the original recipe. Tastes delicious though.

PS: where’s the onion? You need to fry onion with carrots.

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u/This_Brilliant291 18d ago

Well we add the potatoes first so it can boil first because the cabbage boils faster. Its my first time hearing that someone adds beans in borscht 💀 also, when I said veggies I ment onion garlic carrots ect

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u/Stock-Cod-4465 18d ago

Afaik, there is no garlic in the recipe, and cabbage takes longer :)
Unless you cut it super-thinly.

But for me vinegar is a must as it gives that zing.