Beetroot soup is a relative of borsch. He is considered the best way to escape from the heat in the hot season. When the body does not want to take hot first courses, the beetroot recipe will come in handy. National Ukrainian cuisine can rightfully be proud of this delicious dish.
The beetroot recipe is not the only one; it has many variations. But, of course, beets remain the main ingredient of this dish. Sour milk or kvass is usually used as a broth for this first dish, and some cook it with yogurt or yogurt, kefir and beetroot broth. In order for the beetroot soup not to turn into cold borsch, you should definitely use the tops in its preparation.
As for cooking technology, each cook has an opinion on this. Someone cuts beets, someone shreds, and someone rubs on a coarse grater. The tops, as a rule, all who use it, cut into small pieces with a knife. Then all this is simply boiled and various ingredients are added in the process. Cooking beetroot is not a very difficult task. Professional chefs advise in order to get rid of the red hands problem and get a more rich beetroot soup, first boil the whole beetroot, and then cut it into small pieces and cook in the resulting broth.
The beetroot recipe has one goal - to preserve the burgundy color of the soup . For this, lemon juice or citric acid is added to it . If you accidentally acidify beetroot, you can save it with sugar.
Each beetroot recipe involves the addition of a different thick. This can be an egg, cucumber, sausage, radish, meat and so on. Remember that beetroot should only give acid, do not acidify it.
You have the right to choose the basis for the beetroot yourself. But many professional chefs say that the best base is kvass, and not beetroot or yogurt. This first course is certainly good for your health. Its use is a preventive measure in the fight against the occurrence of cancer, as well as problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
Here is the recipe for beetroot soup, which will not leave indifferent either you or your loved ones. You will need one beetroot, two potatoes, four eggs, a fresh cucumber, boiled sausage (about 200 grams), radish, one lemon, sour cream, horseradish, herbs and salt.
So, the beets must be cleaned, cut into 4-6 parts, so that it cooks faster, pour a liter of water and put to cook. At that moment when the beets are already soft, remove the pan from the heat and let it cool. In this recipe, the beetroot is cooked on a beetroot broth, so you do not need to pour the water in which the beets were cooked. Now rub the beets on a coarse grater and send back to the pan. Add a little citric acid or the juice of your lemon. So, now preparing a mixture for beetroot. Eggs and potatoes need to be peeled, then cut them and all other components, mix and salt. It is this mixture that needs to be poured with broth, while seasoning everything with sour cream. Horseradish is added to taste.
Here is the recipe for beetroot with apples and vegetables. Take 250 grams of boiled potatoes, 100 grams of boiled beets, 150 grams of cucumbers and 80 grams of apples, peel it all and cut into cubes. Two eggs must be boiled hard, while the yolks are thoroughly ground with 15 grams of mustard, 100 grams of sour cream, green onions, 20 grams of sugar and salt, then pour this mixture with kvass (about one and a half liters). In the pan you need to put chopped vegetables, chopped proteins and pour it all with the resulting kvass. You must serve the dish with herbs. Such a beetroot will be appreciated by your friends and relatives.