Cold Beet Soup - Cold Borscht

This is great on a hot summer day and there's no cooking involved.  All you need is a blender.  Well, and the food listed below...


What you need (for two)

• can of sliced beets
• half an english cucumber
• 4 scallions
• 2 cups buttermilk
• sour cream or yoghurt
• salt and pepper

In your blender toss in the can of beets with liquid, cucumber chopped, scallions chopped (I begin blending the solids before adding), buttermilk, salt and pepper.  If it's too thick, add some more buttermilk, plain milk or just water.  If it's too thin, then you added too much buttermilk - shame, shame on you.

I put the whole blender jar in the freezer to get it nice and cold.

When you're ready to serve, give it a final spin, pour into bowls and put a dollop of sour cream or yoghurt on top.