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Chlodnik - traditional cold borscht recipe 2

Another version of traditional Polish and Lithuanian cold borscht - chlodnik.


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  Ingredients in this recipe:

  • 1 l of sour milk or natural yoghurt
  • 0.25 l of sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
  • 1 bunch of young beets
  • 1 bunch of dill
  • 1 bunch of red radishes
  • 1 cucumber
  • 4 onions
  • 150 g of roast veal
  • salt, sugar
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs
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Recipe:

1 Wash beet leaves with stalks and chop them. Put them to pot and pour a little water. Add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, cover with a lid and cook for 10 minutes. Put it aside to cool.

2 Wash cucumber, cut into cubes and season with salt.

3 Rinse onions and dill rinse and chop coarsely.

4 Wash radishes and cut into thin slices.

5 Boil two eggs, remove an eggshell and divide into quarters.

6 Cut roast veal into stripes.

7 Pour 1 l of sour milk (or yoghurt) to a large pot and whisk it. In another bowl whisk 0.25 l of sour cream. Then mix both precisely.

8 Add cooled beetroot brew (point 1).

9 Add cucumbers, radishes, dill, spring onions and veal.

10 Seazon your chlodnik with salt and black pepper.

11 Mix the whole and put into the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.

12 Dish up cold with boiled eggs inside. Before serving stirr the soup.

Chlodnik can be stored in the refrigerator for 3 days, keeping fresh.

I hope that you find this cold borscht (chlodnik) recipe useful. Enjoy your meal! Smacznego! :)

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