Last week I decided to cheat, and made borscht by running Bic's Sliced Pickled Beets (two jars) through a blender with some Tetra pack beef broth, some peeled potatoes, and a few chunks of onions, and then heating the lot up together.

I had to do it in a few blender batches as I couldn't fit it all in at once, but I love borscht and would eat it far more often if it wasn't such a pain to make.

I am happy to report that it went very well indeed, and was the simplest borscht I have ever made. Most tricky part was peeling the potatoes, which I did not find tricky at all.

I may have added a little salt and another splash of vinegar before dishing it up, but that was all. I am sure beef stock could be replaced with vegetable stock just fine.

It probably won't compare with Russian Black Cherry borscht; but compared to peeling and grating all the bloody beets by hand, it's amazing.