Beetroot & Horseradish Soup.

[carrust]

Does anyone have a tried & tested soup recipe for the above ingredients? I've got loads of beets & a horseradish plant the size of a triffid.

[jickmagger]

I've got loads of corrugated tin and horse manure in my garden but I am not about to make soup with it. I would pickle the horseradish and make some Barszcz with the beetroot

[DTCwordfan]

A wonderful combo, carrust. Lucky you, I have friends here with a fab horseradish plant and we had a beetroot purée and horseradish recently, as well as a delish Cornish Mackerel and Horseradish.

Anyway the soup, let's start with the ingredients:

1 onion
1 tbs vegetable oil
750g cooked beetroot
500ml chicken stock (fresh if you can, though Waitrose do a good low-salt option)
3tbs cream of horseradish - easy to make 8 fld oz sour cream/couple of tablespoons grated horseradish, beat cream if light, turn in radish, mix well and season to taste....cut to one spoonful if you want it light.
1tbs cranberry jelly
Parsley and/or Chives to dress
Splash of cream at serving

So:

Finely dice the onion and sauté in the oil until lightly caramelised

Add the cooked beetroot and chicken stock.

Blend and simmer for 6-7 minutes

Add the cream of horseradish and stir well. You can sweeten this further with a good dollop of cranberry jelly if you wish. Serve hot, dod of cream with a scattering of parsley.

And then pig out!

[carrust]

That looks fantastic DT, thank you.

[DTCwordfan]

fresh bread too...ideally a crusty baguette. Can I bring a Rioja?

[humbersloop]

he's only posted to boast abou

[DTCwordfan]

t the Cornish Mackerel - too true, sloopy!

[humbersloop]

oops, as I was saying..

boast about the size of his allotment glut

evenin' rusty ;)

I've got a good beetroot and goatscheesecake savoury recipe that's lovely with salmon I could look out for you

[humbersloop]

evenin' dt x

[DTCwordfan]

Not here, sloopy! Here it's aka The Hanging Jungle of C. Cornwall......tickets, we have to pay you 50p, I think.

[carrust]

Sloopy. Apart from my prize winning beans, onions & pumpkin, shed loads of butter nut squash, turnips, parsnips, asparagus, soft fruit, spuds, tomatoes & tomatoes to die for, I don't brag about the produce off of my allotment :-D