Soups

Green Borscht with Meatballs

by Editorial Staff

Very tasty soup with meatballs and sorrel, or, as we call sorrel soup, green borscht.

Summary

Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour
CourseSoup
Servings (Default: 8)

Green Borscht with Meatballs Ingredients

  • Beef (pulp) or minced beef – 400 g
  • Sorrel – 1 bunch (100-150 g)
  • Bulb onions – 2 pcs.
  • Potatoes – 400 g
  • Carrots – 1 pc.
  • Butter or margarine – 50 g
  • Eggs – 2 pcs.
  • Milk – 150 g
  • Salt to taste
  • Ground black pepper – to taste
  • Spices (optional) – to taste
  • Parsley and dill to taste
  • Sour cream (optional) – to taste

Green Borscht with Meatballs

Green Borscht with Meatballs Instructions

  1. Pass the beef pulp through a meat grinder along with one onion. If the minced meat is ready, then add finely chopped onion to it. Season with salt and pepper and mix well. Make meatballs.
    Green Borscht with Meatballs step 1
  2. Peel and chop the potatoes. Finely chop the second onion and grate the carrots into strips. Wash sorrel and chop coarsely. Chop the greens. Beat eggs lightly and mix with milk.
  3. Fry onions and carrots in hot oil in a frying pan.
  4. Dip the meatballs in boiling water (2 L), let them boil, and collect the foam. Add potatoes, reduce heat and cook for 15 minutes. Then add the sauteed vegetables and sorrel. Cook for 5 minutes.
    Green Borscht with Meatballs step 4
  5. Pour milk and eggs into the soup in a thin stream, stirring occasionally. Season with salt to taste, add your favorite spices (I have curry and dried Italian herbs). Sprinkle green borsch with sorrel and meatballs and turn off the heat.
  6. You can add sour cream and freshly ground pepper to a plate with green borscht.
    Enjoy your meal!
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