Polish cabbage borsch

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2½ pounds Beef flanken
1 Marrow bone
6 cups Cold water
1 Onion, quartered
1 Cut up celery (stalk?)
1 One-lb can stewed tomatoes
½ Head cabbage, shredded
2 teaspoons Salt
Pepper to taste
Juice of 2 lemons
2 teaspoons Sugar
½ cup White raisins

Directions

Put the meat and marrow bone in cold water in a large kettle and bring it to a boil. Add the onion, celery and tomatoes. Again, bring it back to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 2 hours, until the meat is tender. Add the cabbage, salt, pepper to taste.

Cook 30 minutes until the cabbage is tender. Add lemon juice, sugar and raisins and cook 10 minutes more.

(This recipe was translated from Yiddish as I went along...sorry for any major goofs!) Posted by Hilde Mott 2/13/95 Submitted By HILDE MOTT On 02-14-95

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