What to cook for dinner in the summer? Of course, cold beetroot soup. Find a simple recipe for a delicious cold summer soup
Cold beetroot soup - a real saving in the heat, as well as okroshka. Beetroot - meatless soup, it is cooked with vegetable broth, but the meat, if desired, can be boiled separately and add the beetroot ready, so it will be even tastier.
Recipe for cold beetroot
Ingredients
Beets - 5-6 small or 2 large
Boiled Eggs - 3 pcs
Cucumber or radish - 3-5 pcs
Fresh herbs - parsley, dill, basil, tarragon, chives
Salt and pepper to taste
Lemon juice or apple cider vinegar - 2 tablespoons
Garlic - 3 cloves
Sour cream
preparation
1. First we need to prepare beet broth, kvass. It can be prepared in two ways:
1st way. Beets clean and completely boil until tender in two liters of water, strain broth, beets grate.
2nd way. Beets peel and grate half the grated beets boil until cooked, drain the broth, boiled beets throw. The second part of beetroot sauté, bay small amount of water, about 15 minutes and put in beet broth.
2. In the beet broth, add salt and sugar to taste, lemon juice or vinegar (or 1 cup of kvass) and put in the cold to cool.
3. Cucumber and hard-boiled eggs, finely chopped green onions and chopped herbs, garlic, chop, combine with grated beets, mix well, add cold beet broth.
4. Cold beetroot soup pour into bowls and add sour cream. Optional - cut into small pieces of boiled meat.
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