When cooking food for the holidays, you don’t have to stay in the kitchen all day. You just need to divide your work accordingly, because many activities can be done even a few weeks in advance. This is the case, among others, with the preparation of old Polish gingerbread and even Christmas borscht. If it’s going to be delicious, you’d better start preparing it now.
How to cook red borscht for Christmas? You can’t buy all the ingredients you need in the store
The secret to perfect red borscht is beetroot leaven. It gives the soup a characteristic taste and aroma that cannot be faked. However, it is difficult to buy it in the store, and its preparation is extremely easy, although it may take up to several weeks. Cut half a kilo of peeled beets into a liter jar, add a few cloves of garlic, allspice, peppercorns and bay leaves between the layers. Pour 400 ml into the mixture, previously dissolve a teaspoon of salt. Press the contents of the jar down, close the lid and leave in a dry, cool and dark place for at least seven days.
Can you freeze beetroot sourdough? You have to remember one thing
If you like a more delicate beetroot sourdough, you can also prepare it now, but you will finish its fermentation faster. After just seven or fourteen days it will taste perfect. Don’t want to make soup with it yet? You can freeze the beetroot leaven and take it out just before Christmas Eve, when you will cook borscht. Simply pour the strained sourdough into ziplock bags, close them tightly and .
How long in advance can you make red borscht? You need to do this step a few weeks sooner
To make it easier to prepare Christmas dishes, it is worth spreading all your responsibilities wisely. You don’t have to do everything the day before Christmas, and a good example of this is red borscht. You can prepare the vegetable broth up to a month in advance and freeze the appropriate portion, which you only need to take out when you cook borscht just before Christmas Eve. The same applies to beetroot sourdough, which you need to prepare even a few weeks in advance. The longer it stands, the more distinctive its flavor will be. You can also cook it yourself many days in advance and store it in jars after cooling. In this form, it will last in the fridge for up to several weeks, during which time the flavors will meld even better.
Source: Gazeta
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