Saltibarsciai I

== Description ==
Cold beet soup
== Ingredients ==
* vegetable broth
* beets
* vinegar
* sugar
* sour cream or buttermilk
* salt to taste
* potatoes, cooked, chilled and diced 
* cucumbers, seeded and diced
* fresh dill, for garnish
== Directions ==
# Prepare an all-purpose vegetable broth by boiling assorted vegetables, herbs/spices (such as bay and peppercorns) in lightly salted water.
# Use celery and carrot tops, onion root ends, and other vegetables left over from preparing other dishes.
# Boil beets in broth until soft.
# Remove beets from water.
# Peel and grate the beets coarsely.
# Strain broth.
# Add vinegar, sugar and sour cream or buttermilk to the beet water.
# Adjust the amount of salt needed at this time.
# Return beets to the broth.
# Chill well.
# To serve, place chilled diced potatoes and diced, seeded cucumbers in soup bowls.
# Pour soup over the potatoes and cucumbers.
# Garnish with dill (fresh, chopped or dried).
Category:Lithuanian Soups
Category:Lithuanian Vegetarian
Category:Beet Soup Recipes
Category:Buttermilk Recipes
Category:Cucumber Recipes
Category:Dill Recipes
Category:Potato Recipes
Category:Sour cream Recipes
Category:Vinegar Recipes
Category:Vegetable stock and broth Recipes
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