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Swedish beet soup

Swedish beet soup

Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 45 mins
Course Main Course, Main Dish, Soup
Cuisine Swedish
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 6 beets
  • 1 onion
  • butter
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp grated ginger
  • 600 ml water
  • 2 cubes bouillon
  • salt
  • 1 lemon juice and zest
  • black pepper
  • sour cream

Instructions
 

  • Peel and cube the beets
  • Finely chop the onion and fry with butter, beets and minced garlic until translucent
  • Add grated ginger. Best tips is to peel garlic and then keep it in the freezer until needed. So much easier to grate it using a microplane or similar.
  • Add water and bouillon and let it simmer under a lid for 20 min
  • Here you can either mix the soup to get it smooth or just leave all the pieces for contrasting texture.
  • Add the zest of a small lemon and the juice of it or around 3 tbsp lemon juice.
  • Serve with sour creme and some bread
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