Borscht
Borscht (Ukrainian: борщ, Russian: борщ, Polish: [barszcz] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Lithuanian: barščiai, Romanian: borș) is a red beet soup. It is a very popular and widely known dish in Russian and Ukrainian cuisine.[1][2][3] It is also often eaten in Eastern European countries, such as Romania, Poland, Belarus, Moldova and Lithuania and immigrants around the world who come from countries which were members of the Soviet Union. It contains red beets, carrots, meat or meat stock, onion, potatoes and cabbage. Borscht soup is usually eaten with a piece of black bread, and a dollop of sour cream on top.
Borscht Media
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Borscht can include beef, pork, beets, other vegetables, herbs, and spices
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Borscht cooked in a clay pot inside a Russian oven in the Poltava region in central Ukraine
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Girls grating beetroots to make borscht for a large group.
Polish clear Christmas Eve barszcz served over uszka, or ear-shaped mushroom-filled dumplings
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Borscht with beef, sour cream and fresh herbs
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Chłodnik litewski, or "Lithuanian cold soup", blended with sour cream or yogurt, and sprinkled with chives, as served in Poland. The same soup is known in Lithuanian as šaltibarščiai, or "cold borscht".
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Polish white borscht served over fresh sausage, bacon and eggs
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Sorrel-based Ukrainian green borscht served with sour cream and a hard-boiled egg
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A bowl of Hongkongese borscht, made from cabbage and tomatoes, as served in Cha chaan tengs
References
- ↑ "Про український борщ від 1584 р. з історичними приправами". Історична правда. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ↑ Varenikova, Maria; Kramer, Andrew E. (2020-11-04). "A New Front Opens in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Borscht" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/world/europe/russia-ukraine-borscht.html. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ↑ Stern, David L.; Dixon, Robyn (in en-US). Ukraine seeks U.N. cultural status for beloved borscht. A culinary spat with Russia could be brewing.. . https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukraine-borscht-russia-un/2020/10/20/cc8464b8-0d51-11eb-b404-8d1e675ec701_story.html. Retrieved 2021-01-22.