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Šaltibarščiai

Name: Šaltibarščiai
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Lithuania
Ingredients: 2 (boiled) Beets; 400g Plain yogurt; 200ml Milk; 1 Cucumber; 2 Hard-boiled eggs; 1 bunch Dill; 3 Green Onion; 1 tsp Salt; 4 Potato

Soup

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

A vivid pink cold soup of beets and kefir — a summer tradition in Lithuania.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Šaltibarščiai is a Lithuanian summer staple: a cold soup of boiled beets, cucumber, boiled egg, and dill combined with kefir, a fermented milk. Its startlingly vivid pink color is its hallmark, and it's eaten with hot boiled potatoes on the side. Vilnius even holds a 'Pink Soup Festival' in its honor.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On an outdoor terrace in Vilnius in summer, plates of bright pink soup and small dishes of steaming potatoes are set out as people enjoy the cold soup.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beets 2 (boiled)
Plain yogurt 400g
Milk 200ml
Cucumber 1
Hard-boiled eggs 2
Dill 1 bunch
Green Onion 3
Salt 1 tsp
Potato 4

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the boiled beets into thin strips or grate coarsely.
Cut the cucumber into thin strips and chop the dill and green onion.
Mix the yogurt and milk, add the beets, cucumber, herbs, and salt, and stir until pink.
Chill in the fridge for 1 hour.
Ladle into bowls, top with halved boiled eggs, and serve boiled potatoes on the side.

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