Borscht/Polish Things

pastabake · **Posted:** Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:50 pm

A friend obtained some beets and we are therefore having Borscht Night on Sunday. Favorite recipes? Or recipes you think might go well with borscht? This is something I have never eaten, but I love beets.

teddyplanet · **Posted:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:48 am

You could make some placzki (potato pancakes), or you could make cabbage rolls with seitan. Placzki with a creamy mushroom topping are pretty great though.

celyn · **Joined:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:40 pm **Posts:** 2060

paprikapapaya makes borscht! She raves about the one cached here: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... =firefox-a

It's post #18 on the page.

Kitteh · **Posted:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:13 am

I made borsch today as well as kartoflyanki (small potato balls). It was so good!

frozenveggies · **Posted:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:29 am

teddyplanet said golabki (stuffed cabbage rolls) with seitan, but I don't even use a meat sub when I make them. I use rice (or barley), mushrooms, and onions. Golabki is fun to make, but the cabbage part can be tricky.

gaia13 · **Joined:** Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:02 pm **Posts:** 1674

I really love the beet, barley and black soybean soup from VwaV.

fruitbat · **Posted:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:43 pm

I eat mine with a dollop of "sour cream" and maybe some bread on the side. I don't have a recipe... beets, onion, cabbage, carrot, broth. Something acidic (like vinegar or tomato paste) towards the end. I'm sure someone else will recommend a good recipe, though.

Dane · **Posted:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:50 pm

Thanks for posting this thread. I don't like beets, but my husband is from a Ukrainian family and I think he misses Borscht. I'll have to try one of these recipes sometime...

Aki · **Posted:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:40 pm

How about some kolachi for dessert?

punky! · **Posted:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:31 pm

Personally I love nalisniki...they're like a crepe but a bit thicker.

Una · **Posted:** Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:08 pm

punky! wrote:

Personally I love nalisniki...they're like a crepe but a bit thicker.

I love nalisniki stuffed with kraut and sauteed mushrooms. My MIL, who is polish, makes them like that for Christmas. So good.

pastabake · **Posted:** Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:42 pm

Una wrote:

punky! wrote:

Personally I love nalisniki...they're like a crepe but a bit thicker.

I love nalisniki stuffed with kraut and sauteed mushrooms. My MIL, who is polish, makes them like that for Christmas. So good.

!!! That sounds delicious. I will strongly suggest it.

Amelie · **Posted:** Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:46 pm

I recently made this curried borscht stew, if you're interested.

pastabake · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:38 am

We ended up using this borscht recipe my friend found on the internet: http://www.grouprecipes.com/18436/borsc ... -soup.html

Veganized by subbing earth balance for the butter and mimicreme for the real cream. We also subbed a huge amt of real dill for the dried, used about double the onion, and didn't mash the potatoes. It was really, really good and I recommend it.

nickvicious · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:53 pm

I make haluski all the time. I use bowtie pasta rather than dumplings, though.

spaceage · **Posted:** Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:20 am

Ok - a little bit confusing but we have at least three kinds of beet borscht in Poland :)
1. clear beet soup served with croquet or naleśniki with sauerkraut and mushrooms
2. "the real" borscht - based on prepared earlier beet kvass and then with beets and other ingredients
3. "Ukrainian" borscht - this with beans, green beans, tomatoes, carrots and other vegetables :).

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