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Recipe: Slow Cooker Borscht

Ingredients

• 2 cups cabbage
• 2 carrots
• 3 beets (2 red, 1 yellow)
• 1 yellow onion
• 3 cloves garlic
• ½ lb. beef stew meat
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 small potatoes
• Tomatoes – 10 ounces, diced
• 3 oz. tomato paste
• 1 cup beef broth or more
• ½ cup red wine vinegar
• ¼ tsp. caraway seeds
• ½ cup fresh parsley
• 1 tsp dry dill
• Kosher salt
• Freshly ground pepper
• Fresh dill
• Crème fraiche

Instructions

1. Place beef, beats, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, onion, and garlic in slow cooker.
2. Whisk together beef broth, tomato paste, vinegar, dry dill, parsley, bay leaf, caraway, salt and pepper.
3. Pour mixture over beef and vegetables, adding more broth to cover as needed. Cook on low for 8.5 hours.
4. Set heat to high and add stir in shredded cabbage. Cover and cook for 30 minutes or until cabbage is tender. Serve with crème fraiche and fresh dill.

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