I made up a recipe for borscht this afternoon and tried it out, here goes my attempt at explaining it to you:
1 can condensed beef consommé (284ml)
I diced Spanish onion
I cup diced raw potatoes
1 cup shredded cabbage, green or red (coleslaw salad mix)
1tbsp butter
3-4 large raw beets or 2 cups cubed
1tsp balsamic vinegar
1tsp brown sugar
-boil beets until tender, reserve 284ml of stock-drain and rinse beets with cool water,
-melt butter in large pot and add cabbage, potatoes and onion, let simmer for 10 mins, stirring occasionally, meanwhile peeling beets.
-add beef consommé, reserved beet stock, vinegar and sugar,
let simmer for another 5-10 mins or until you’ve finished cutting the beets into chunks.
-add beets and simmer for as long as you can bear it, until you want to taste this delicious magenta stew…it was about 8 mins for me.
