Cold Beet Borscht (Soup)

10 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 -5 potatoes
  • 3 -14 ounces size canned beets, finely shredded
  • 1 small onion, finely grated
  • 1 seedless cucumber, finely grated
  • 3 hard-boiled eggs (chopped)
  • 3 quarts buttermilk
  • 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon dry dill weed
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons white vinegar

Directions

  1. 1
    Note: Keep Buttermilk chilled.
  2. 2
    Cube and boil potatoes in salted water for 15 mins, drain and set aside to
  3. 3
    cool.
  4. 4
    Using a hand grater; finely grate the onion and cucumber into a large bowl.
  5. 5
    Thinly shred the beets, also using the hand grater, and add to bowl.
  6. 6
    Now, add the buttermilk, sour cream, chopped eggs, salt, and dill weed. Stir until all ingredients are well blended.
  7. 7
    Put some of the boiled potatoes in individual soup bowl, pour soup over, and
  8. 8
    enjoy. (Sometimes, if I have green onions available, I will slice them up
  9. 9
    and saute in margarine, and pour over the potatoes before adding the
  10. 10
    buttermilk.) -- YUMMY!

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