Well you know that summer is truly here when I make my first pot of "Pink Soup"! Pink Soup is a family recipe that my Mom's Husband's family have made for years. As it requires a small beet root with the beet tops and fresh dill, I can only make it once the new fresh vegetables have been harvested! It is a annual treat each year! I am going to share it with you as it is easy, only takes about an hour to make, start to finish and it is Mmmmmm! Goooood!
LYLE'S "PINK SOUP"
6 cups of water
3 Tablespoons of chicken bullion powder
1/4 cups of uncooked rice
1 medium potato diced small
In a large pot bring the first 4 ingredients to a boil and boil until the potatoes and rice are cooked (about 10 min.) When cooked
Add:
1 medium beet root that you have peeled and diced small like the potato.
Chop finely the beet tops and add to the pot
Also add a good hand full of finely chopped fresh dill. (it must be fresh to give the good flavour, dried dill will not give the same flavour)
Cook stirring frequently until beets are tender.
Lower the heat, and slowly add :
500ML. of "Whipping Cream" (Yes this is true light cream doesn't do the recipe justice!) Heat slowly just until warm, DO NOT BOIL! as the cream will separate and curdle.
Serve with a sprig of fresh dill on top. (If you really are not concerned about calories, then add a small dollop of sour cream !)
3 comments:
& what a delicious soup it was too!
i'll have to try making it, along with that fabulous stew you made tonight also!
yummmm!
Couldn't resist trying this recipe - especially since I had all the ingredients right at my fingertips.
I cut down on the cream though, which left the soup a pretty pink. Very refreshing flavour with the dill!
Should be a favourite with kids, too.
Glad you liked it Ursula ! the boys and their friends always enjoyed it. Not sure but I think that the name helped a little, after all what kid could resist --"Pink Soup," I am pretty sure Lyles Mom called it Beet Soup. I had to get inventive so that the boys would give it a fair try! And they liked it! :D)
It is wonderful that you have the fresh vegetables in your garden! I am sure you have lots of favorite recipies also!
I am always looking for tried and true recipies! I am just learning how to cook winter squash ... hubbard, acorn,spaggetti. Kerstin told me that you cook up Pumkin as a vegetable also .. I have only ever had it in a pie, I am going to give it a try as a vegetable when I find a recipie for it. Any suggestions?
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