Borscht is histamine friendly:)
I just wanted to throw out there that borscht is histamine friendly. Once I realized the ingredients are generally considered okay you bet I went to work making some.
I made my own beef bone broth for this recipe.
My (loose) recipe is as follows:
At least 6 cups broth, maybe 10 or so? (Depends on size of pot, really)
Bay leaves (I use 2)
Salt to taste
White or apple cider vinegar
1-2lbs beef, cubed, depending on how meat heavy you want it.
1 white onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, crushed and roughly chopped
2 large beets, peeled & cubed (or 3-4 small beets, peeled, cubed)
1/3 head of red cabbage (really just as much as wanted, more or less depending on room in pot)
2-3 russet potatoes, cubed
2 carrots, peeled and diced
Fresh dill, finey chopped
Cube beets & carrots about the same size - about 1/2" sized cubes. Potatoes can be slightly bigger.
Saute onions and carrots until sweated and slightly caramelized, remove from pot.
Brown beef cubes, then add garlic & cook until fragrant . (Like 30 seconds) Add broth, put onions & carrots, beets and bay leaves in at this point as well. Bring to boil.
Once boiling reduce heat to a nice rolling simmer, cook until beets are half soft. During this time, skim off any foam that gathers at top. Add potatoes & cabbage, add additional water as needed. Cook 10 minutes.
At this point add about a tablespoon of vinegar and salt to taste, adjust as needed. You can add water if it has boiled down significantly, or to taste. Add about 3 tablespoons finely chopped dill as well.
The soup is done once the potatoes are cooked through, usually it's about 5 more minutes after adding vinegar & salt.
Since sour cream is not low Histamine, I added cream cheese to my bowl and it was actually pretty good! I also made GF biscuits w/o yeast and had that on the side. Top with fresh dill to taste. Enjoy!
Edit: forgot to mention to shred & chop cabbage pretty fine so it cooks quickly and is sized well with the rest of the ingredients.