There is something really beautiful about beetroots. Their colour is out of this world...and they also have the ability to make a right mess of the kitchen. Hubby went a bit mad when buying beets for the beetroot brownies so I had quite a few left over. I wanted to make a hot dish with only a few ingredients. After a bit of searching online I settled on a beetroot soup.
Hubby is obsessed with beetroot. As a child he was known to eat a whole jar of picked beetroot, which in turn caused concern to his poor mum when he started peeing purple...anyway that's another story. Today he reveled in his beetroot themed lunch of beetroot soup and beetroot brownies. Bless him. I promise this will be the last of the beetroot recipes for a while!
Beetroot Soup
Serves 3-4
knob of butter
1 onion, diced
500g beetroots, boiled and diced (approx 4 medium sized beets)
300ml vegetable stock
1 tbsp cider vinegar
1/2 tsp celery salt
150g pot of plain yogurt
black pepper
1)In a deep pan cook the onions in the butter until softened. Stir in the diced beetroot.
2) Pour in the stock, cider vinegar and celery salt. Bring to the boil. Take off the heat, blitz into a smooth consistency then stir in yogurt and a twist of pepper. Eat hot or cold
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Beetroot Soup
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i share your hubby's love of beetroot. if there was only one thing i was allowed to eat, i would choose beetroot.
ReplyDeletebeetroot risotto with fresh grated horseradish is my idea of comfort food!
The colour of it is fantastic Jules. Ive heard it causes your pee to go purple - never happened to me yet though
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning colour! I'm always amazed at what nature colour nature can provide! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteJenny - I made beetroot risotto a few months back, but never with horseradish. I'll have to try that next time, I imagine it's gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteBeth - Hasn't happened to me yet either!
Rhid - Nature sure is amazing.
I love beetroot...however no one else in the house will touch it. Your soup looks lovely. I must try it one day when I have the house to myself.
ReplyDeleteThe colour of this soup Jules such an inviting soup for autumn.
ReplyDeleteRosie x
Lovely! I am tempted by this recipe as I still have beetroot leftover in the fridge, but I think I am more tempted to make another batch of brownies.
ReplyDeleteI too like eating beetroot, when it is pickled straight out of the jar! My preference is for baby beets. Tell your hubby they are good sliced on a cheese sandwich.
I am loving all your beetroot recipes! I'm in the midst of making the risotto right now, hoping that the more autumn root vegetables I eat, the more fall weather will appear (it's still shorts and t-shirt weather around here!)
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