• Home
  • About
    • Projects
      • en10ergy ltd.
        • Solar power at school
        • How en10ergy works
    • History
    • Join us
    • Volunteer role – social media
    • Privacy Policy
  • Get involved
  • Help & Advice
    • Your footprint
      • Carbon calculators
    • Homes
      • Green Open Homes 2022
      • Green open homes 2021
      • Retrofit Advice Service
      • Just moved in?
      • Cutting home energy
      • Renewable heat and power
      • Other government incentives and finance
      • Trusted installers
      • Local Green Homes
        • Green Open Homes 2020 Online
        • Green Open Homes 2019
        • Hot Tips for Warm Homes 2018
        • Green Open Homes 2018
          • Open homes Sunday 4th November 2018
          • Open Homes Saturday 10th November 2018
      • Your home energy fitness
        • DIY Draught-busting
        • Thermal Imaging Camera loan
        • Woodstove wisdom
        • LED Bulbs
      • Advice for landlords
    • Waste
      • Top tips to reduce waste
      • Where our recycling goes
      • Plastic
      • Plastic in the time of Covid
    • Food
      • Sustainable food shopping
      • Shops which refill containers
      • Grow your own
      • Cooking from scratch
        • Fridge-raid borsch
      • Food waste diary
    • Transport
      • Electric vehicles
  • Green Installers
    • Local installers
  • Resources
    • Webinars
    • Climate change reading (and watching)
    • Green ideas for lockdown
  • What’s on
  • Contact Us

Muswell Hill Sustainability Group

A local website for a global problem

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • News
  • en10ergy ltd.
    • Solar power at school
    • How en10ergy works
  • Campaigns
  • Energy
  • Haringey
  • Waste
  • Homes
    • Your home energy fitness
    • Energy upgrades for homes
  • Transport
  • Schools
You are here: Home / Fridge-raid borsch

Fridge-raid borsch

This vibrant Ukrainian soup is hugely adaptable and can use up all sorts of seasonal odds and ends. To prevent waste, don’t peel any of the veg, and include the cabbage cores and kale stems, both of which can be grated or cut into fine matchsticks along with the beetroot.

Serves 6

2 small beetroots (with the leaves, if available)
3 tbsp red-wine vinegar, or other vinegar
200g peeled onion and/or leek
1 carrot
1 tbsp olive oil
1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes, or 400g fresh tomatoes, chopped
1 litre vegetable stock, or water, or chicken or duck stock
300g potatoes and/or other root vegetables (parsnips, turnips, swede) and/or beans of any kind
400g greens (white cabbage, kale, beetroot leaves, etc), sliced
2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
Salt and black pepper
Soured cream and dill, to serve

Cut the beetroots into fine matchsticks, then mix with the vinegar.                               

Roughly dice the onion and grate the carrot, then saute in the oil in a large saucepan until they start to caramelise.Stir in the beetroot and its vinegar (save a few beetroot sticks to garnish), the tomatoes and stock, and add the root veg and beans – I used diced potatoes and haricots.

Bring to a boil, simmer for five minutes, then add the greens. Return to the boil and simmer for five minutes more, until the greens and roots are tender.                   

To finish, stir in the garlic, season and serve topped with soured cream, dill and the reserved colourful beetroot sticks.

Tom Hunt/The Guardian         2 April 2022

Muswell Hill Sustainability Group

Reducing carbon emissions and waste in Muswell Hill and surrounding areas.

Newsletter Sign Up

Our newsletter mailing is managed by Mailchimp. Read our privacy policy.

Website Email Updates

Sign up now if you'd like to receive an email each time a new article is posted on this website:

Muswell Hill Sustainability Group Events

See our events page for more.

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK

  • Facebook

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER

  • Twitter

Newsletter Sign Up

Copyright © 2023 · Magazine Pro Theme - MHSG edit On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in