Hot Beet Soup

Directions

1. 1
   Make soup stock of either beef, lamb or ham bone; strain. Grate beets coarsely; add to stock.
2. 2
   Cut onion in small pieces; fry lightly in butter (until soft).
3. 3
   Add to soup stock; bring to a boil.
4. 4
   Ladle off about a cupful of soup.
5. 5
   Allow to cool slightly. Then gradually stir partially cooled soup into sour cream.
6. 6
   Then pour cream mixture into the rest of soup which has been removed from heat.
7. 7
   (Cream will curdle if soup is too hot or if all of it is added to soup at once.)
8. 8
   Lemon juice may be added to soup for tartness.