A warming bowl of beetroot soup

I don’t know about you, but as soon as it becomes a little bit chilly outside I start craving something warming. Soups, for instance, are perfect for that :). One of my favourites is beetroot soup (after sour spinach soup!).

I cook this soup using raw beetroots, including the leaves. However, since it’s more common in the UK to buy beetroot already cooked, I have adapted the recipe to suit the ingredients that are easier to find.

BEETROOT SOUP

• 100g smoked lardons
• 1 onion
• 2 carrots
• 1 celery stick
• 1.5l vegetable stock
• 2 potatoes
• 2 tbs tomato pure
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cooked beetroots, chopped
• 2 handfuls of spinach
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• salt and pepper

1. Fry the lardons in the pot together with the diced onion, carrots and celery stick. Let it fry for about 5 min.
2. Meanwhile peal the potatoes (if you want you can cook it with the skin) and dice them.
3. Cover fried lardons with the stock and add the potatoes, tomato pure and a bay leaf into the soup
4. Cook for about 20min or until potatoes cooks through.
5. 5min before finishing the cooking, add the beetroots. When finished the cooking add the spinach, vinegar and season to your taste.

You can serve this soup with the dollop of cream fraiche  and fresh herbs such as chives, dill or parsley.

Enjoy!

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