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Romanian Peasant Beef Soup (Ciorbă) with Garden Vegetables, Borș & Lovage
The iconic Romanian rustic beef soup: tender beef cubes simmered with vibrant garden vegetables, naturally soured with fermented wheat bran borș and finished with pungent fresh lovage.
Prep
25 min
Cook
75 min
Total
100 min
Ingredients
6servings
- Beef chuck diced500 g
- Potatoes diced2 piece
- Carrots diced2 piece
- Green beans cut100 g
- Tomato passata200 g
- Fermented bran borș or lemon juice400 ml
- Fresh lovage chopped3 tbsp
- Salt1 tbsp
Preparation Steps
1
Simmer beef in 2.5 liters of salted water, skimming froth, for 50 minutes until nearly tender.
50 min timer
2
Add carrots, potatoes, green beans, and tomato passata; simmer 20 minutes.
20 min timer
3
Bring borș to a boil in a small pot, pour hot into the soup pot, and boil for 3 minutes.
3 min timer
4
Turn off heat, stir in fragrant fresh lovage, and cover for 10 minutes before serving with hot pepper.
10 min timer
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Provenance & Public Domain Audit
Source: Patrimoniul Culinar Tradițional Românesc / USDA Public Domain Collection (United States Department of Agriculture (USDA))
Legal status: Public Domain (17 U.S.C. § 105) • 17 U.S.C. § 105
License: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal
