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