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Beetroot soup

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 750 g beetroot, fresh, peeled, never pickled in vinegar or similar
  • 250 g potatoes, peeled
  • 250 ml vegetable stock
  • 125 g whipped cream
  • 100 ml sour cream
  • 20 g butter
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1 lemon(s), juice
  • possibly coriander
  • Flat-leaf parsley for garnishing
  • some red wine, e.g. Dornfelder
  • Pepper, freshly ground
  • Salt

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 50 minutes

easy to prepare

Peel and dice the potatoes and beetroot, and simmer each in the vegetable broth for 15 minutes. Using a food processor, blend everything until smooth. Not too much, so that small pieces of beetroot can still be tasted when eating, and the finished soup doesn’t become a single, mushy mess! Add the butter, cream, lemon juice, and honey, mix well with the potato and beetroot soup, and bring back to a boil. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and perhaps a little coriander. A good splash of red wine adds a kick to the soup (but it’s not necessary!). If the soup is too thick, adjust it to the desired consistency with a little more broth, for example. Just before serving, add a dollop of sour cream or sour cream to the center of each serving and garnish with some parsley (chopped finely if desired).

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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