My absolutely favorite cold beetroot soup for hot summer! Tried it in Lithuania on my vacation few years back and it was love at first sip. It is called Šaltibarščiai (sorry if I misspelled something I'm not Lithuanian:)). It's fantastic!
My absolutely favorite cold beetroot soup for hot summer! Tried it in Lithuania on my vacation few years back and it was love at first sip. It is called Šaltibarščiai (sorry if I misspelled something I'm not Lithuanian:)). It's fantastic!
As a a died in the wool Lithuanian through band through it gave me a warm feeling seeing this on Lemmy as the Lithuanian subs are not yet populated so this has been a glaring hole in my feed.
For anyone interested there is a winter version simply called ‘Barščiai’ which is also amazing.
Skanaus!
Also big in Poland. The winter version is called “chłodnik litewski” — literally “lithuanian cooler”. And yeah it’s basically cold borszcz.
Konsume cool beet root soup in summer, enjoy side of potat. Awake in gulag, potat is lie, such is lyfe.
I'm sure it's great but the thumbnail made me think it would be some kind of creamy blueberry with egg lol
Always wondered about cold soups. I’ve only had had soups. This one looks almost like a desert due to color.
I love a good gezpacho in the summer. Super refreshing
This one’s new to me and it sounds delicious. I love everything that’s in it. The colour is gonna be a challenge for westerners though… Pepto Bismol trauma giving me an unpleasant Pavolvian response to that shade of pink haha
Feel like it might be worth trying anyway
Cold peach soup is my favourite cold soup: https://www.melaniecooks.com/chilled-peach-soup/12437/
Thanks! I can find every ingredient easily at any grocery store here in Italy so I’ll give it a shot
I have beets, cukes and dill growing in the garden right now, so this is perfect timing! My beets are golden tho so it won’t be that beautiful color sadly. Now to figure out where to get kefir!
Once I made it with buttermilk it was good too and I think I read some recipe where plain thinned yoghurt was used. Hope I did not offended fellow Lithuanians here with this recomendation hehe.
I meant to update you sooner, but I did make the soup and I easily found kefir at my Aldi! It was delicious. I’m making it again today which made me think to tell you about how much I love and crave this soup! Thanks!
Hi! Im glad you like it! Its funny because yesterday i harvested our beets for winter, spent whole day cooking and preserving them in jars and with leftovers i will make some soup today! Cant wait.
The color kind of reminds me of Pepto-Bismol though I'm sure it doesn't taste like Pepto-Bismol.
Indeed it is, whenever I take it the taste makes me want to vomit. It usually makes me feel better afterwards so in a way it's worth it (I only take it in the instance where I have a very bad stomach ace).
Heh, yeah the color is great and it usually gets darker shade of pink after some time in fridge.
Truly a great dish for hot summers (no lack of them here in Lithuania)! Also you spelt it šaltibarščiai fine
It is great! And thank you.I wasn't sure but since I'm from Czech rep. I had no problem to find šč on my keyboard at least.heh
A refreshing summer staple, yours look delicious. Did you try žemaitiška šmakalas, cold kefir herring soup, while you were there?