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Chilled Buttermilk Soup

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Chilled Buttermilk Soup

Chlodnik

Polish cooks serve this soup (pronounced "hu-WOHD-neek") as a cooling first course for summer meals. It's a delicious alternative to gazpacho.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    30 min

  • Yield

    Makes 4 first-course servings

Ingredients

3 cups well-shaken chilled buttermilk
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped bottled pickled beets plus 1/4 cup pickled beet liquid
1 cup chopped seedless cucumber (usually plastic-wrapped)
1/2 cup chopped radish
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill

Preparation

  1. Whisk together buttermilk, sour cream, and salt in a bowl, then stir in remaining ingredients. Chill 15 minutes before serving.

TagsCold SoupSoupSoup/StewPolishEastern EuropeanEuropeanButtermilkDairySour CreamBeetRoot VegetableVegetableCucumberRadishDillHerbs & SpicesStarterDinnerVegetarianNut FreeRawQuickEasyNo-CookSummerGourmet

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