Simple soup recipes

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7-8 onions ( I prefer red ones)
butter and olive oil for frying
2 L beef stock
your favourite bread and cheese

1. Put onions,butter and olive oil in a large pot and fry until the onions are brown. I also add a pinch of salt in the beginning so they don't burn.

2.Add your stock and simmer gently for an hour or so.

3. To serve: pour soup into individual ovenproof bowls and top them with slices of toasted bread and cheese.Place your bowls on a baking tray under the grill for a couple of minutes until the cheese melts.

BON APPETITE!

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1. As usual, make a good chicken stock ; boil chicken parts and bones along with carrots,celery,onion, herbs and seasoning for a good couple of hours.

2.Remove pot from heat, fish out most of the chicken parts and vegetables and discard. Strain the liquid through a fine strainer and defat soup if necessary . Adjust salt to your taste.

3.Prepare separately whatever noodles and veggies you want to go with your soup and add into individual soup bowls.

You will need:

- Good beef on bone (a bit of fat is a plus)
- Salt,pepper,2 bay leaves
- onion (1 or more if you love your onions)
- Beetroots (2-3 depending on size and your taste)
- Carrots (3-4)
- Potatoes (4-5,again depends on size and your preferences)
- Cabbage (i like loads! :))
- Butter for frying
- Garlic (2 cloves),tomato paste,vinegar or lemon juice,sugar (just a pinch)
- Sour cream,parsley and dill (optional) and croutons or garlic bread to serve.

1. Place beef on the bone in a pan and add cold water. Bring to boil, removing scam as it gathers.. Add salt,pepper,one whole onion and bay leaves and let it simmer in the covered pan on low heat for about 2 hours or until your meat is tender.

2. Remove cooked onion and bay leaves. Strip meat off bones and chop it in small pieces.Keep the stock simmering gently

3. Chop up potatoes and cabbage and add them to the pot.

4. Grate or slice finely beetroots and carrots.And fry them in butter for about 15 min. Beets first,followed by carrots.Then add tomato paste,a touch of vinegar or lemon juice and a pinch of sugar.I also add garlic at this stage.If in the process the mixture gets too dry,you can always add a bit of stock from your pot.

5. Put sautéed vegetables into the pan with cabbage and potatoes.Add your meat at this stage,and cook until all veggies are done (usually 5-10 min). Check your seasoning.

6, Enjoy your borsch with a spoonful of sour creme,garlic croutons and finely chopped parsley and dill.

YUMMY!