Description
Can you say ‘Delicious?’
Ingredients
- 4 medium beets
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1 onion, chopped
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 cucumber – peeled, seeded, and diced
- ½ cup sour cream
Instructions
- Remove stems and leaves from beets
- but leave on skins. Cover beets with cold water and bring to a boil in a deep pot. Boil until fork tender
- about 40 minutes.
- Drain beets
- but reserve two cups of the liquid. Strain the liquid and add to a large saucepan. Remove skin from beets. Grate beets through the most coarse blade of a grater. Add to beet liquid. Add beef broth
- onion
- vinegar
- salt
- and pepper. Bring to a boil
- and then cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 20 minutes
- then remove from the heat.
- Chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour
- or until cold
- before serving. Ladle into bowls and top each serving with cucumber and a big spoonful of sour cream.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins
Servings: 6