Catholic Recipe: Beet Soup
Also Called: Barszcz
This meatless soup is a traditional dish for the Polish Christmas Eve, or Wigilia. This can also be used on fast days.
DIRECTIONS
Place vegetables into deep saucepan. Add water and cook 30 minutes. Season; add butter. Add sugar, lemon, being sure to retain deep red color of soup. Strain. Serve liquid, hot or cold, with or without sliced beets according to personal preference.
Recipe Source: Catholic Cookbook, The by William I. Kaufman, The Citadel Press, New York, 1965
