bortsch

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative spelling of borscht.

   “Although bortsch is usually made from root vegetables with a large proportion of beets, not all bortschs contain beets.”

   ““Good old Trotter!” Stanhope, despite the heaviness breeding about his heart, laughed the brave young laugh that had carried him through so much, through a hundred collapsed soufflés and a thousand curdled bortschs.”

   “Hannah Wright’s recipes are as international as soup itself. There are old favourites like Scotch broth and oxtail; garbures, zuppas, goulashes, gazpachos and bortschs from Europe; […]”