
Lithuania / Soup
Šaltibarščiai
A cold beetroot soup on kefir, vivid pink, with cucumber, dill and boiled potatoes served alongside.
Ingredients
- Beetroot, boiled and grated500 g
- Kefir, cold1 l
- Cucumbers2
- Eggs, hard-boiled4
- Dill40 g
- Spring onion40 g
- Potatoes, to serve, hot800 g
- Soured cream150 ml
- Saltto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 6 steps
Boil the beetroot until tender, cool it completely and grate it coarsely.
Cut the cucumbers into matchsticks and chop the dill and spring onion.
Mix the beetroot, cucumber and herbs with the soured cream and salt it now, before the kefir, so the salt disperses.
Pour in the cold kefir and stir. The soup turns an even pink.
Chill it for an hour. Warm šaltibarščiai makes no sense.
Boil the potatoes and serve them hot on a separate plate. Put halved eggs into the soup.

