Russian Beet Soup

Ingredients

• 5 medium-sized beets
• a highly seasoned chicken broth
• the juice of 1 lemon
• some cinnamon
• nutmeg
• 1 glass of red wine
• a teaspoonful of brown sugar

Method

1. 1

   Boil beets until tender; chop and add to chicken broth.

2. 2

   Add lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and red wine mixed with brown sugar.

3. 3

   Let boil a few minutes longer and serve with fried croutons.

As published

This recipe was extracted from 365 foreign dishes (1908) by Josephine Preston Peabody, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Russian Beet Soup. Boil 5 medium-sized beets until tender; then chop and add to a highly seasoned chicken broth. Add the juice of i lemon, some cinnamon and nutmeg ; let boil fifteen minutes. Then add i glass of red wine, mixed with a tcaspoonful of brown sugar

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