Ukrainian Borscht

Ingredients

• 10 oz. onion, diced
• 10 oz. carrots, diced
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 4 oz. tomato paste
• 2 Tbsp. flour
• 1 1/2 qt. chicken stock
• 18 oz. potatoes, chopped
• 12 oz. cabbage, julienned
• 4 cloves garlic
• 20 oz. beets, cooked in salt water with vinegar, cooled and diced
• 12 oz. white beans, cooled
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 green pepper
• 1 tomato (ripe)
• 1/2 sweet onion