Beetroot 🥣: classic step by step recipe with photo

Kitchen appliances and utensils: hob, pan, tablespoon, teaspoon, knife, cutting board.

Ingredients

Take 1.5 liters of water, bring to a boil. Peel 4 small beets from the skin.
Cut the beets into circles and then long strips along the whole beets.
In boiled water, add 1 tbsp. l lemon juice, 1 tbsp. l sugar and 1 tsp. salt.
Next, send the chopped beets into the water, bring to a boil, cover and simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes.
When the beets are boiled, remove the pan from the stove and cool completely.
Thinly chop 2 cucumbers.
Finely chop 25 g of dill and 25 g of green onions.
When the beetroot broth has cooled, add chopped cucumbers and greens to it, then put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Boil 4 eggs for 10 minutes after boiling, cool, peel and cut into cubes.
Mix to a homogeneous state 150 g of sour cream and 2 tsp. mustard.
After cooling, pour the beetroot on plates. In each plate, put chopped eggs and 1 tbsp. l sour cream mixed with mustard. Enjoy your meal.

Laying beetroot on plates, you can add pre-fried chicken or turkey fillet.
Lemon juice can be replaced with diluted citric acid or vinegar. Adding acid will preserve the brightness of the beet color.
Eggs, like beets with cucumbers, can be cut into strips.
Some recipes suggest using beetroot and beet tops in beetroots.
If you wish, you can add black pepper to the dish, as well as replace greens with cilantro or parsley.
Serve beetroot with several types of bread, salted crackers or crackers.

To understand the beetroot recipe in more detail, see a step-by-step video recipe.

Be sure to cook this refreshing dish. In the comments, tell us if you liked the recipe and what cold dishes you prepared earlier.