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Ingredients

  • Few Beef Bonew
  • 5 lb. fresh beef brisket
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 T. salt
  • Pepper to taste
  • Enough water to cover beef and bones
  • 1 onion
  • 1 small cabbage
  • 1 small parsnip
  • 3 medium sized potates
  • 3 medium sized carrots
  • 3 medium sized beets
  • 1 can tomato purree
  • Sour cream (1/2 to 1 T. per serving

Preparation

Step 1

Wash the bones and put into a big saucepan with the meat, garlic, bay leaves, salt and pepper. Cover with water, bring to boil then simmer covered for 1 hour. Meanwhile prepare all the vegetables. Peel and chop the onion, cut the cabbage into 1 1/2-inch to 2-inch chunks. Peel and cut carrots, parsnip and beets into thin strips 2-inch long. Peel and cut potatoes into 1/2-inch diced. Take out meat and bones from saucepan and strain liquid through a fine sieve. Cut meat and put meat back into liquid, add all the vegetables, except the potatoes. Bring to a boil and simmer covered from 45 minutes. Add tomato puree and diced potatoes and simmer for another 40 minutes. serve with 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of sour cream on top of each plate.