Polish Beets Food

POLISH BEETS WITH HORSERADISH - CWIKLA RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare the beets by boiling with their skins on for about one hour until soft. Check with a fork until it can smoothly enter until it reaches the centre of the beets. Don't overcook.
• While beets cool, peel horseradish and grate finely into a bowl.
• Once cooled, peel and grate the beets finely into a medium bowl.
• Combine beets and horseradish; add remaining ingredients to taste. Mix well and store in a refrigerator overnight for the best flavour.

POLISH BORSCHT

Steps:

• Place dried mushrooms in a bowl, cover with cold water, and soak for 30 minutes. Drain.
• While mushrooms are soaking, place beets in a pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until tender, about 30 minutes. Drain and cool until easily handled. Peel and slice beets.
• Place sliced beets in a large pot and cover with 4 quarts water. Add drained mushrooms, onions, garlic, allspice, bay leaves, salt, and pepper. Stir in oil and lemon juice. Simmer over medium heat for 30 minutes. Garnish with parsley.

BOBCHA'S POLISH BORSCHT

Steps:

• In a large pot combine the spare ribs, onion, bay leaf and peppercorns, vinegar and cover with water. Bring to a simmer and cook until the meat is tender, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. In another pot, cover the scrubbed beets with water and bring to a boil. Simmer the beets for 45 To 1 hour or until the beets are tender. Drain and rinse the beets under cold water until they are cool. Peel and grate the beets.
• When the meat is tender, Remove the bones and strip off the meat in bite size pieces. Return the meat to the broth and stir in the grated beets. Season the soup with salt and pepper. In a large bowl stir together the sour cream, milk and flour. Add two cups of the hot stock to the sour cream mixture and stir to combine. Pour this mixture through a strainer into the soup. Heat the soup over medium heat at a gentle simmer, but do not allow it to boil. Boiling will cause the sour cream to curdle. Serve immediately with boiled potatoes and pumpernickel or rye bread

ĆWIKłA: POLISH SHREDDED BEET HORSERADISH

Steps:

• Wash the beetroot thoroughly, but don't peel it.
• Fill a cooking pot with water, bring to boil and drop the beetroot in. I usually cook a whole pot of beetroots at the same time (to make a few jars of Ćwikła or something else). Cook for 1 hour until beetroot is tender, but still holds its shape.
• Once cooked, leave the beetroot to chill. You can peel it now, it should be easy to remove the peel at this point. It's worth putting on disposable gloves at this point, beetroots can stain your hands quite a bit.
• Time to grate the beetroot. You can use a food processor, or just a regular box grater. Shred half using the smallest holes, and another half using the larger ones. This way the texture is more verified and interesting.
• If you're using fresh horseradish, peel it and grate using the finest holes. [Do it outdoors if you can, it tends to be strong].
• Add two spoonfuls of grated horseradish (either freshly grated or from a jar) to our shredded beetroot. Add a teaspoon of sugar and combine together with a spoon.
• Season with a solid pinch of salt and a solid pinch of ground black pepper. Add a generous squeeze of lemon juice. Combine again with a spoon.
• Have a taste. If the flavour is too acidic for your liking, you can add a little bit more sugar or add a little bit of grated apple.
• Move Ćwikła to a jar and close with a lid. Chill in the refrigerator for a few hours before serving.
• Serve with meats, sandwiches, boiled eggs.

BARSZCZ (POLISH BORSCHT)

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large soup pot. Add onion and garlic and cook over medium high heat, until the onion is soft (5 min).
• Add beets, carrots, celery, allspice, and bay leaf. Stir to coat with butter.
• Add stock and bring to a boil. Cook until the vegetables are tender (10 min).
• Remove the pot from the heat. (If desired, you would strain the vegetables from your borscht now.) Stir the vinegar, sugar, pepper, and salt into the broth. Taste and adjust the salt and pepper as desired.
• Serve with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkling of dill, if desired.

POLISH BEET SALAD {SURóWKA Z BURAKóW}

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut stems off beets and scrub to clean.
• Bake covered for about 1 hour. Take out and set aside to cool.
• Once cooled off, peel and grate on the largest vegetable shredder. Add chopped onion, oil, lemon juice, salt and sugar. Mix and refrigerate to cool.

POLISH BEETS

Steps:

• Sauté the onion in the butter for three to five minutes.
• Stir in the flour.
• Add the yogurt and heat to just below the boiling point.
• Add the beets, horseradish and sugar, and heat thoroughly.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle with the parsley.