Chilled Beet Soup ~ cold soups are fun in the summer, especially if you are entertaining and need something that can be made ahead and they make the perfect elegant starter for any meal. This soup has the added benefit of the ‘wow’ factor.
Refreshing chilled soups are such a blessing in the warmer months. They’re such a pretty way to start a meal. I even have a Pinterest Board devoted to them!
Even if you don’t love beets, this soup’s beet flavor is balanced by the other veggies. I added just enough beet presence to lend it that glorious color.
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Chilled Beet Soup
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 yellow or white onion, chopped
- 1 small potato, peeled and chopped
- 1 carrot, peeled and sliced
- 1 stalk celery, sliced
- 3 medium beets, peeled and chopped
- 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock
- salt
- fresh cracked pepper
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 cup heavy cream, Greek yogurt, half and half, or creme fraiche; use enough to bring out a bright fuchsia color in the soup.
for garnish
- a dollop of sour cream
- a sprig of mint or dill
Instructions
- Melt the butter and oil in a heavy pot and saute all the vegetables for about 5 minutes over medium heat. Add in the stock.
- Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for about 1/2 hour or until the vegetables are tender.
- Take off the heat and season with the salt, pepper and lemon.
- Puree the soup in batches in a blender or processor. Strain through a mesh strainer to catch any stray chunks.
- Stir in the cream, yogurt, or creme fraiche. Chill for several hours and then served garnished with the sour cream, mint, or dill.
Notes
This would be great served in little demitasse cups as a first course, but also great with a salad as a light lunch. You can make this a day ahead if you want to.
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I made this 2 weeks ago, and it was so popular that it was requested again. I never thought, in a million years, that I would like chilled beet soup, but with the record high temperatures this summer, this soup is AWESOME!
I’ve only had beet soup warm with garlic. I made it over the winter. I’d love to try this version for the summer. Beautiful color and it looks so refreshing!
Bit chilly here for chilled beet soup – but what a glorious colour.
I love chilled soups and this is an amazing colour.
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Thanks Debs! I enjoyed reading about the other summer soups in your event.
Looks very refreshing! I love the punk color, too!
Thanks Riley, I hope you try it.
Such a pretty color! I love it. And of course I love finding new ways to shovel beets into my mouth as fast as possible too. 🙂
I love beets, too, they are so satisfying…I guess that must have something to do with all that natural sugar.
What a beautiful color! One more recipe to add to my list of things to do with beets!
Thanks Sarah, since I’ve been blogging I pay so much more attention to what my food looks like; I definitely believe that pretty food just tastes better!
I love beet soup and most definitely love adding the cream. It makes for such a beautiful colour. This would be so pretty served at a bridal shower!
The fun part of this is that you can get an infinite variety of colors from deep magenta to neon fuchsia just by varying the amount of cream/yogurt that you add.
Even if I didn’t like beets, I think I would love this soup because it’s just so pretty! But I do like beets so I know I would love this! It would make such a fun appetizer soup for a ladies lunch!
I was thinking the same thing, also for a summer wedding or baby shower.
Wow – how nice! This looks cool and creamy and delicious! I love beets and this does have a great big WOW factor. Looks like ice cream 🙂
That’s so funny, Tricia—but now that I think of it, what do you want to bet somebody’s made that!!