Beet shpundra: how to prepare this ancient Ukrainian dish the right way
Shpundra is an old Ukrainian dish with meat and beets. Simply put, it's stewed meat with beets and beet kvass served with sour cream.
Popular Ukrainian chef Anatoliy Dobrovolskyi, known as dobrovolskiy_hchef, shared a recipe for the ancient Ukrainian dish shpundra on his Instagram page.
Recipe for beet shpundra.
Source: Screenshot of recipe dobrovolskiy_hchef on Instagram
Ingredients:
- pork (thigh or rib meat) - 0.5 kg
- beets - 1 kg
- onion - 0.3 kg
- garlic - 6 cloves
- prunes - 100 g
- tomato juice - 250 ml
- black pepper, salt
- bay leaf - 3-4 pcs
- smoked paprika - 1 tbsp
- smoked bacon or lard - 150 g
- beetroot kvass or juice - 300 ml
- sour cream and green onions (for serving)
Ancient recipe for stewed meat dish shpundra.
Source: klopotenko.com
Method of preparation:
1. Cut pork into medium pieces. Season with salt and pepper.
2. Heat the smoked bacon or lard in a frying pan. Add the pork and fry until golden brown.
3. Dice the onion and add to the meat. Stir and fry until golden brown.
How to cook shpundra.
4. Grate the garlic and add to the meat.
5. Cut the beets into cubes and prunes into strips and add to the meat. Mix well.
6. After a few minutes, put the mass in a saucepan, add the bay leaves, paprika, tomato juice and beetroot kvass. Simmer until the meat begins to fall apart and the liquid evaporates by about half.
Homemade Cossack shpundra.
7. Serve the dish with sour cream and green onions.
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